Events from the year 1738 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers Lord Advocate – Charles Erskine Solicitor General for Scotland – William Grant of Prestongrange
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton
Events 22 May – foundation stone of George Watson's College in Edinburgh is laid. Anderston Weavers' Society established in Glasgow.
Births 19 May – Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet, politician (died 1811) 12 December (bapt.) – William Cochran, portrait painter (died 1785) 19 December – James Playfair, minister of religion and scholar (died 1819) Alexander Henderson, merchant and politician in Virginia, "father of the American chain store" (died 1815 in the United States) Probable date – James Dickson, botanist (died 1822 in London)
Deaths 4 January – George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton, politician (born 1662) 25 March – Robert Murray, British Army officer and politician (born 1689)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References