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    • Source: 1771 in Scotland

      • Events from the year 1771 in Scotland.


      Incumbents




      = Law officers

      =
      Lord Advocate – James Montgomery
      Solicitor General for Scotland – Henry Dundas


      = Judiciary

      =
      Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Arniston, the younger
      Lord Justice General – Duke of Queensberry
      Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Barskimming


      Events


      17 August – Edinburgh botanist James Robertson makes the first recorded ascent of Ben Nevis.
      16 November – During the night, Solway Moss, on the Cumberland border, bursts, flooding local farms and settlements.
      26 November – First section of Monkland Canal opened.
      Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition completes publication in Edinburgh.
      Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX is published.
      Edinburgh Society of Bowlers codifies the modern rules for bowls.


      Births


      15 August – Walter Scott, poet and novelist (died 1832)
      11 September – Mungo Park, explorer (drowned under attack 1806 on the Niger)
      4 November – James Montgomery, poet, hymnist, editor and humanitarian (died 1854 in Sheffield)


      Deaths


      26 January – Sydney Parkinson, botanical illustrator (born c. 1745; died at sea)
      14 May – Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin (born 1732)
      17 September – Tobias Smollett, novelist (born 1721; died in Italy)
      William Lauder, literary forger (born c. 1680; died in Barbados)


      The arts


      Henry Mackenzie's novel The Man of Feeling and verse The Pursuits of Happiness published.


      See also



      Timeline of Scottish history


      References

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