1737 in Scotland
Events from the year 1737 in Scotland.Incumbents
- Monarch – George II
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes, then Charles Erskine
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Erskine, then William Grant of Prestongrange
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick until 20 June; then Lord Culloden
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton
Events
- The Lord Provost of Edinburgh is debarred from office following the previous year's Porteous Riots.
- Aberdeen Royal Infirmary founded as Woolmanhill Hospital.
- Royal Society of Edinburgh formed as the Edinburgh Society for Improving Arts and Sciences and particularly Natural Knowledge.
- Kilmichael Bridge in Argyll built.
- Construction of a new Glasgow town hall begins.
- Andrew Rodger, a farmer on the estate of Cavers, south Roxburghshire, develops a winnowing machine for corn, called a 'fanner'.
Births
- 25 March – William Forsyth, horticulturist
- 17 July – John Bowes, 9th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, born John Lyon
- 29 August – John Hunter, Royal Navy officer and governor of New South Wales
- 14 September – Alexander Geddes, Catholic theologian and scholar
- James Clark, physician and plantation owner in Dominica
- John Donaldson, miniature painter
Deaths
- 29 January – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, soldier
- 1 February – Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick, judge and politician
The arts
- Allan Ramsay co-writes and edits the last volume of The Tea-Table Miscellany, a collection of Scots songs.
