1744 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – George II
• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Marquess of Tweeddale

  Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Robert Craigie
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, the younger

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Culloden
• Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Milton

  Events

• The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers established on Leith Links.
• Possible date – Edinburgh Skating Club established.

  Births

• 13 February – David Allan, genre painter
• 6 October – James McGill, entrepreneur and philanthropist in Canada
• 17 October – Andrew Duncan, physician
• 31 October – James Craig, architect, planner of the New Town, Edinburgh

  Deaths

• 28 January – Thomas Innes, Catholic priest and historian
• 2 March – William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite