1797 in Scotland
# 1797 in Scotland

Events from the year 1797 in Scotland.

## Incumbents

### 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

* 19 July – Act to Raise and Embody a Militia Force in Scotland.
* 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.
* Cloch lighthouse completed.
* Johnston Press established as printers in Falkirk.
* 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, geologist (died 1875 in England)
* 3 December – Andrew Smith, military surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist (died 1872 in England)

## 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.
