1744 in Scotland

Events from the year 1744 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * 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)