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, an office which he will hold until his death in 1793, contributing to the Scottish Enlightenment. c. April – new building for Perth Academy occupied. 5 November – John Watson's Institution established in Edinburgh (school closed 1975). Admiral John Ross of Balnagowan Castle initiates land tenure reform in the Highlands which will evolve into the Highland Clearances. Economic crisis. Joseph Black first makes known his discoveries on latent heat, in Glasgow.
Births 31 January – Lachlan Macquarie, British Army officer and Governor of New South Wales (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) 30 April – George Murray, 5th Earl of Dunmore, politician (died 1836) 17 July – Alexander Crombie, Presbyterian minister, schoolmaster and philosopher (died 1840 in London) 11 September – Joanna Baillie, poet and dramatist (died 1851 in London) 28 September – James Horsburgh, 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 9 December – John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (born 1695) 21 December – Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, Jacobite (born 1678)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References