1742 in Scotland
Events from the year 1742 in Scotland.
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Incumbents
    
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant until 16 February; then The Marquess of Tweeddale
 
Law officers
    
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 1811)
 - 29 July – Isabella Graham, née Marshall, teacher and philanthropist (died 1814 in the United States)
 - 26 December (bapt.) – George Chalmers, antiquarian (died 1825 in London)
 - John Kay, caricaturist and engraver (died 1826)
 
Deaths
    
- 2 April – James Douglas, royal physician, anatomist and obstetrician (born 1675; died in London)[1]
 
See also
    
    
References
    
- "Manuscripts Catalogue : James Douglas". special.lib.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
 
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