Events from the year 1762 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Thomas Miller of Glenlee * Solicitor General for Scotland – James Montgomery jointly with Francis Garden

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger * Lord Justice General – Marquess of Tweeddale to 9 December; then ''vacant'' * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Tinwald

Events

* 10 March – William Robertson is elected

Principal of the University of Edinburgh Principals of the University of Edinburgh * 1586 Robert Rollock (Regent from 1583 to 1586) * 1599 Henry Charteris * 1620 Patrick Sands * 1622 Robert Boyd * 1623 John Adamson (died in office in 1652 but the original successor, William Colvil ...

, an office which he will hold until his death in

1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...

, contributing to the

Scottish Enlightenment The Scottish Enlightenment ( sco, Scots Enlichtenment, gd, Soillseachadh na h-Alba) was the period in 18th- and early-19th-century Scotland characterised by an outpouring of intellectual and scientific accomplishments. By the eighteenth century ...

. * c. April – new building for

Perth Academy Perth Academy is a state comprehensive secondary school in Perth, Scotland. It was founded in 1696. The institution is a non-denominational one. The school occupies ground on the side of a hill in the Viewlands area of Perth, and is within the Pe ...

occupied. * 5 November –

John Watson's Institution The John Watson's Institution was a school established in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1762. The building was designed in the Greek Revival style in 1825 by architect William Burn. Following the closure of the school, the building was left vacated f ...

established in Edinburgh (school closed

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

). * Admiral John Ross of Balnagowan Castle initiates land tenure reform in the Highlands which will evolve into the

Highland Clearances The Highland Clearances ( gd, Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal , the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860. The first phase resulte ...

. * Economic crisis. * Joseph Black first makes known his discoveries on latent heat, in Glasgow.

Births

* 31 January –

Lachlan Macquarie Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Companion of the Order of the Bath, CB (; gd, Lachann MacGuaire; 31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Scotland. Macquarie se ...

, British Army officer and

Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the ...

(died 1824 in London) * 2 February – William Balmain, naval surgeon and civil administrator in New South Wales (died 1803 in London) * 4 February – James Millar, physician and encyclopædist (died

1827 Events January–March * January 5 – The first regatta in Australia is held, taking place on Tasmania (called at the time ''Van Diemen's Land''), on the River Derwent at Hobart. * January 15 – Furman University, founded in 1826, b ...

) * 30 April –

George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore Lord George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore FRSE (30 April 1762 – 11 November 1836), known as Viscount of Fincastle until 1809, was a Scottish peer. Life Murray was the eldest son of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, and Lady Charlotte (née Ste ...

, politician (died

1836 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. * January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas. * January 12 ** , with Charles Darwin on board, r ...

) * 17 July –

Alexander Crombie Alexander Crombie FRS (1760–1840) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and philosopher. Biography He was born in Aberdeen on 17 July 1760, the son of Thomas Crombie. "He left three sons, Alexander Crombie, Esquire M.A. o ...

, Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and philosopher (died 1840 in London) * 11 September – Joanna Baillie, poet and dramatist (died 1851 in London) * 28 September –

James Horsburgh James Horsburgh (28 September 176214 May 1836) was a Scottish hydrographer. He worked for the British East India Company, (EIC) and mapped many seaways around Singapore in the late 18th century and early 19th century. Life Born at Elie, Fife, Hor ...

, hydrographer of the East Indies (died 1836 in Kent) * Approximate date – James Bisset, artist, manufacturer, writer, collector, art dealer and poet (died 1832 in the English midlands)

Deaths

* 6 May –

Sir Alexander Lindsay, 3rd Baronet Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick, 3rd Baronet (11 May 1683, Dunfermline – 6 May 1762, Evelix) was a Scottish baronet from the Lindsay of Evelick family. He married into Clan Murray by his marriage with Amelia Murray, daughter of David Murray, ...

(born

1683 Events January–March * January 5 – The Brandenburger Gold Coast, Brandenburger—African Company, of the German state of Brandenburg, signs a treaty with representatives of the Ahanta people, Ahanta tribe (in what is now Ghan ...

) * 9 December – John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (born

1695 It was also a particularly cold and wet year. Contemporary records claim that wine froze in the glasses in the Palace of Versailles. Events January–March * January 7 (December 28, 1694 O.S.) – The United Kingdom's last joint monarch ...

) * 21 December –

Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

, Jacobite (born

1678 Events January–March * January 10 – England and the Dutch Republic sign a mutual defense treaty in order to fight against France. * January 27 – The first fire engine company (in what will become the United States) goe ...

)

References

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