1744 in Scotland

• 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 ==

• Alexander Bryce's "A Map of the North Coast of Britain", the first to show the Caithness coastline accurately, is published. • The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers established on Leith Links. • Possible date – Edinburgh Skating Club established. == Births ==

• 13 February – David Allan, genre painter (died 1796) • 6 October – James McGill, entrepreneur and philanthropist in Canada (died 1813 in Canada) • 17 October – Andrew Duncan, physician (died 1828) • 31 October – James Craig, architect, planner of the New Town, Edinburgh (died 1795) == Deaths ==

• 28 January – Thomas Innes, Catholic priest and historian (born 1662; died in France) • 2 March – William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite (born 1676; died in Italy) == See also ==