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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1772 }}Events from the year 1772 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}} 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 - April–June – the brig Alexander collects emigrants from the west of Scotland (the "Glenaladale settlers") and carries them to Prince Edward Island.[1]
- 10 June – Credit crisis of 1772 is triggered when, following the flight of their partner, Aberdeen-born Alexander Fordyce, to France, the London banking house of Neal, James, Fordyce and Down (which has been speculating in East India Company stock) suspends payment. The resultant panic causes failure of other banks, particularly in Scotland, and especially in Edinburgh and the Ayr Bank.
- Summer – Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant makes a second tour of Scotland.[2]
- Construction of St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, as the first part of the New Town (designed by James Craig), begins.[3]
- Original North Bridge, Edinburgh, completed.[4]
- Three Stirling councillors privately sign a secret agreement, the "Black Bond", to run the affairs of the burgh to their own personal advantage.
- Fingal's Cave is brought to the attention of the English-speaking world by English naturalist Sir Joseph Banks.[5][6]
Births - 15 January – James Ballantyne, editor and publisher (died 1833)
- 11 February – Thomas Webster, geologist (died 1844 in London)
- 8 June – Robert Stevenson, lighthouse engineer (died 1850)
- 25 December – John Mackay, botanist (died 1802)
Deaths - 26 July – James Graeme, poet (tuberculosis; born 1749)
- 10 October – William Wilkie, poet (ague; born 1721)
The arts- Lady Anne Lindsay writes the ballad "Auld Robin Gray".
See also {{Portal|Scotland}}- Timeline of Scottish history
References 1. ^{{cite web|title=The Passenger List of the "Alexander", and the Glenaladale Settlers|url=http://www.islandregister.com/alexandr.html|work=The Island Register|year=1972|accessdate=2016-01-26}}
2. ^{{cite book|first=Thomas|last=Pennant|title=A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII|location=Chester|publisher=John Monk|year=1774}}
3. ^{{cite book|editor=Lang, Theo|series=The Queen’s Scotland|title=Edinburgh and the Lothians|location=London|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|year=1952|page=124}}
4. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_EOAAAAQAAJ|title=Picture of Edinburgh|first=John|last=Stark|year=1825|pages=77–79}}
5. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/caves/Fingals.html |title=Show Caves of the World. |access-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060525171553/http://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/caves/Fingals.html |archive-date=25 May 2006 |dead-url=yes |df=dmy-all }}
6. ^Caves and Caving in the UK.
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