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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland|1797}}Events from the year 1797 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}} Law officers - Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas of Arniston
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Blair
Judiciary - Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Succoth
- Lord Justice General – The Duke of Montrose
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Braxfield
Events - 29 August – Massacre of Tranent: British troops attack protestors against enforced recruitment into the militia at Tranent in East Lothian, killing 12.
- 11 October (12 October naval reckoning) – Battle of Camperdown: Royal Navy led by Dundee-born Admiral Duncan defeats the fleet of the Batavian Republic off the coast of Holland.[1]
- Cloch lighthouse completed.
- Johnstons of Elgin established as a textile mill in Elgin, Moray.
- Keiller's marmalade first produced in Dundee.
- Publication of Encyclopædia Britannica Third Edition is completed in Edinburgh.
Births - 29 April – George Don, botanist (died 1856)
- 10 October – Thomas Drummond, military surveyor and Under-Secretary for Ireland (died 1840 in Ireland)
- 14 November – Charles Lyell, lawyer and foremost geologist of his day (died 1875)
Deaths - 26 March – James Hutton, geologist (born 1726)
- 30 December – David Martin, portrait painter and engraver (born 1737)
The arts- 24 December – Walter Scott marries Charlotte Carpenter at St Mary's Church, Carlisle, and the couple immediately move into their new home at 50 George Street, Edinburgh.[2]
References 1. ^{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm|work=The Flag in the Wind|publisher=The Scots Independent|accessdate=2016-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125210210/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-e.htm|archive-date=25 January 2016|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
2. ^Edinburgh Archive – Family.
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