1738 in Scotland
Events from the year 1738 in Scotland.Incumbents
- Monarch – George II
- 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
- 12 December – William Cochran, portrait painter
- 19 December – James Playfair, minister of religion and scholar
- Alexander Henderson, merchant and politician in Virginia, "father of the American chain store"
- Probable date – James Dickson, botanist
Deaths
- 4 January – George Douglas, 13th Earl of Morton, politician
- 25 March – Robert Murray, British Army officer and politician
