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1742 In Scotland
Events from the year 1742 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland: ''vacant'' until 16 February; then The Marquess of Tweeddale Law officers * Lord Advocate – Charles Erskine, then Robert Craigie * Solicitor General for Scotland – William Grant of Prestongrange; then Robert Dundas, the younger Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden * Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton Events * February–November – Cambuslang Work, an outbreak of Christian revival at Cambuslang. * 16 February – the post of Secretary of State for Scotland, vacant since 1725, is revived in favour of John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; he holds it until 1746. * Delftware manufactured in Glasgow. * Kirkcaldy Beer Duties Act passed. Births * 13 March (or 1743)? – Anne Hunter, née Home, lyricist (probably born in Ireland; died 1821 in London) * 28 April – Henry Dundas, statesman (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambuslang
Cambuslang (, from ) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th-largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a town hall, it may also be considered the largest village in Scotland. It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire and directly borders the town of Rutherglen to the west. Historically, it was a large Civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish incorporating the nearby hamlets of Newton, South Lanarkshire, Newton, Flemington, Westburn, South Lanarkshire, Westburn and Halfway, Cambuslang, Halfway. Cambuslang is located just south of the River Clyde and about southeast of the centre of Glasgow. It has a long history of coal mining, from at least 1490, iron working, iron and steel making, and ancillary engineering works, most recently The Hoover Company (in the town from 1946 to 2005). The Clydebridge Steelworks and other smaller manufacturing businesses conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Douglas (physician)
James Douglas (21 March 1675 – 2 April 1742) was a Scottish physician and anatomist, and Physician Extraordinary to Caroline of Ansbach, Queen Caroline. Life and works One of the seven sons of William Douglas (died 1705) and his wife, Joan, daughter of James Mason of Park, Blantyre, he was born in West Calder, West Lothian, in 1675. His brother was the Lithotomy, lithotomist John Douglas (lithotomist), John Douglas (died 1759). In 1694 he graduated MA from the University of Edinburgh and then took his medical doctorate at Reims before going to London in 1700. He worked as an obstetrician, and gaining a great reputation as a physician, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1706, College of Teachers, FCP in 1721. One of the most respected anatomists in the country, Douglas was also a well-known man-midwife. He was asked to investigate the case of Mary Toft, an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1826 In Scotland
Events from the year 1826 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – Sir William Rae, Bt * Solicitor General for Scotland – John Hope Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Granton * Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Boyle Events * January – the Glasgow City Mission is founded by David Nasmith, initiating the global City Mission movement. * 17 January – The Ballantyne printing business in Edinburgh crashes, ruining Sir Walter Scott as a principal investor. He undertakes to repay his creditors from his writings. His publisher Archibald Constable also fails. Also this year, Scott publishes "Letters of Malachi Malgrowther" in the ''Edinburgh Weekly Journal'' in support of Scottish banks being able to continue to issue smaller-denomination notes. * 5 May – the Ballochney Railway is authorised. * 11 May – attainder of Threipland baronets of Fingask Castle (imposed for support o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kay (caricaturist)
John Kay (1742 – 21 February 1826) was a Scottish caricaturist and engraver. Life John Kay was born in April 1742 in Gibraltar Cottage just south of Dalkeith, Scotland, where his father, John Kay, worked as a mason. His mother, Helen Alexander, owned several properties in Edinburgh and the Canongate and was relatively wealthy. When his father died in 1748, John was sent to live in Leith, the harbour area of Edinburgh, with some of her relatives, who treated him very badly. At age 13 he returned to Dalkeith where he was apprenticed to George Heriot, a barber in the town, whom he served for six years. In 1761 he went to Edinburgh, where he served 7 years as a journeyman but not being an Edinburgh citizen had to purchase the freedom to trade as a barber from the Society of Surgeon-Barbers, which he eventually did in December 1771 at age 29, on payment of £40. He then set up business on the High Street in Edinburgh. He had several high ranking clients and made friends wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chalmers (antiquarian)
George Chalmers (December 1742 – 31 May 1825) was a Scotland, Scottish antiquarian and political writer. Biography Chalmers was born at Fochabers, Moray, the second son of the local postmaster, James Chalmers (who was a grandson of George Chalmers of Pittensear in Lhanbryde) and his wife Isabella.Fleming, Thomas. "George Chalmers (December 1742-31 May 1825)," in Clyde N. Wilson (ed.), ''American Historians, 1607-1865'', Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 30, Detroit: Gale Research, 1984, 52. After completing a course at King's College, Aberdeen, he studied Scots law, law at the University of Edinburgh for several years. Two uncles on the father's side had settled in British North America, and Chalmers visited Maryland in 1763, apparently to assist in recovering a tract of land about which a dispute had arisen. He began practising as a lawyer at Baltimore. As a Loyalist, however, at the outbreak of the American War of Independence, he abandoned his professional prospect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1814 In The United States
Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garrison surrenders to the British after ten days of bombardment. ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Metz: Allied armies lay siege to the French city and fortress of Metz. * January 5 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Puruarán: Spanish Royalists defeat Mexican Rebels. * January 11 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Hoogstraten: Prussian forces under Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow defeat the French. * January 14 ** Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway into personal union with Sweden, in exchange for west Pomerania. This marks the end of the real union of Denmark-Norway. ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Antwerp: Allied forces bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabella Graham
Isabella Graham (née Marshall; July 29, 1742 - July 27, 1814) was a Scottish-American philanthropist and educator. Early life Graham was born on July 29, 1742, in Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was the only daughter of Janet (née Hamilton) and John Marshall, a landowner. She grew up on an estate at Elderslie, near Paisley. With money from a legacy left by her grandfather she attended the boarding school of Betty Morehead for seven years. The Graham family was known for their piety and Isabella became a communicant of the Church of Scotland at the age of seventeen at the Laigh Kirk, Paisley where Dr. John Witherspoon, who was later a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence, was the minister. Personal life In 1765, she married Dr. John Graham, an army surgeon in the Royal Americans regiment. Two years later, she went with him to Canada. They had three daughters and two sons, one of whom died in infancy in Scotland. The surviving children were Jessie, Joann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1811 In Scotland
Events from the year 1811 in Scotland. Incumbents Law officers * Lord Advocate – Archibald Colquhoun (politician), Archibald Colquhoun * Solicitor General for Scotland – David Boyle, Lord Boyle, David Boyle; then David Monypenny, Lord Pitmilly, David Monypenny Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session – Robert Blair, Lord Avontoun, Lord Avontoun until 20 May; then Charles Hope, Lord Granton, Lord Granton * Lord Justice General – James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose, The Duke of Montrose * Lord Justice Clerk – Charles Hope, Lord Granton, Lord Granton, then David Boyle, Lord Boyle, Lord Boyle Events * 9 January – the first women's golf tournament in Scotland takes place at the links of the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club, Musselburgh Golf Club. * 1 February – Bell Rock Lighthouse begins operation. * March – Prisoner-of-war camp established at Penicuik. * 27 May – second national Census in the United Kingdom, Census. In Scotland the count is carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Dundas
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Privy Council (United Kingdom), PC, FRSE (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811), styled as Lord Melville from 1802, was a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1791 to 1794 and First Lord of the Admiralty, First Lord of the Admirality from 1804 to 1805. He was instrumental in the encouragement of the Scottish Enlightenment, in the prosecution of the French Revolutionary Wars, war against France, and in the expansion of company rule in India, British influence in India. Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, William Pitt appointed him Lords of Trade and Plantations, Lord of Trade (1784–1786), Home Secretary (1791–1794), President of the Board of Control for Indian Affairs (1793–1801), Secretary at War (1794–1801) and First Lord of the Admiralty (1804–1805). As a political boss, Dundas's deft and almost absolute power over Scottish politics during a long period in which no monarch visited the country led to him being nickn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Hunter
Anne Hunter (''née'' Home) (1742 – 7 January 1821) was a salonnière and poet in Georgian London. She is remembered mostly for the texts to at least nine of Joseph Haydn's 14 songs in English. She was the wife of surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, whose anatomical collections in their home eventually formed the basis for the Hunterian Museum. She entertained the leading Bluestockings at their house. Biography Hunter was the eldest daughter of surgeon Robert Boyne Home of Greenlaw Castle, Berwickshire. In July 1771, she married John Hunter, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. Her brother Everard Home was apprenticed to her husband as a surgeon. Her salons were among the most enjoyable of her time, though not always to her husband's taste. The Bluestockings Elizabeth Carter, Mary Delany, and Elizabeth Montagu were her friends. Her husband's sister was widowed in 1778, which led indirectly to Dorothea and her children moving to London a few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkcaldy Beer Duties Act 1741
The Kirkcaldy Beer Duties Act 1741 ( 15 Geo. 2. c. 8) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain passed in 1742 that placed a duty on all beer brewed or sold within the town of Kirkcaldy, which was set at two pennies Scots, or one-sixth of a penny sterling (), on each Scots pint (about ) of beer. The act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948 The Statute Law Revision Act 1948 ( 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 62) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Section 5(3) of the Statute Law Revision Act 1950 provided that this act, so far as it repealed chapter 34 of the Statute of West ....''Chronological Table of the Statutes'', p.103 Notes References *''The statutes at large from the 15th to the 20th year of King George III'' ol. XVIII Charles Bathurst, London. 1765. *''Chronological table of the statutes''; HMSO, London. 1993. 1741 in Scotland Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1741 Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain concerning Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
