Events from the year 1793 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas of Arniston * Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Blair, Lord Avontoun, Robert Blair

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Ilay Campbell, Lord Succoth, Lord Succoth * Lord Justice General – David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield, The Viscount Stormont * Lord Justice Clerk – Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield, Lord Braxfield

Events

* 2 January – Radical Thomas Muir of Huntershill arrested on a charge of sedition but released on bail. * 20 July – Stornoway-born explorer Alexander Mackenzie (explorer), Alexander Mackenzie's 1792–1793 Peace River expedition to the Pacific Ocean reaches its goal at Bella Coola, British Columbia, making him the first known person to complete a transcontinental crossing of northern North America. * 17 August – Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameronian Volunteers) raised at Fort William, Highland, Fort William from members of Clan Cameron by Alan Cameron of Erracht. * 24 August – Thomas Muir of Huntershill, Thomas Muir arrested at Portpatrick on his return from France. * 31 August – Thomas Muir sentenced to penal transportation for 14 years. * Little Cumbrae Lighthouse built. * Piershill Barracks in Edinburgh and Queen's Barracks in Perth, Scotland, Perth completed, originally for cavalry regiments.

Births

* 6 March – William Dick (veterinarian), William Dick, founder of Edinburgh Veterinary College (died 1866 in Scotland, 1866) * 3 April – Alexander Nicoll, Orientalist (died 1828 in Oxford) * 1 June – Henry Francis Lyte, Anglican divine and hymn-writer (died 1847 in Nice) * James Browne (writer), James Browne, man of letters (died 1841 in Scotland, 1841)

Deaths

* 5 January – John Howie (biographer), John Howie, biographer (born 1735 in Scotland, 1735) * 2 February – William Aiton, botanist (born 1731 in Scotland, 1731) * 20 March – William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, judge and politician (born 1705 in Scotland, 1705) * 2 April or May – Colin Macfarquhar, bookseller and printer, co-founder of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (born 1744 or 1745?) * 11 June – William Robertson (historian), William Robertson, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (born 1721 in Scotland, 1721) * 16 October – John Hunter (surgeon), John Hunter, surgeon (born 1728 in Scotland, 1728) * James Small (inventor), James Small, inventor (born 1740 in Scotland, 1740)

The arts

* 27 July – Robert Burns sets out on his first Galloway tour. * August – Burns writes "Scots Wha Hae".

References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed 1793 in Scotland, 1793 in Great Britain, Scotland 1790s in Scotland