13 February – William Fullarton, British Army officer, agriculturalist and colonial governor (born 1754; died in London) 19 June – Alexander Dalrymple, hydrographer (born 1737) 2 July – Robert Arnot, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (born 1744) 21 August – John Adamson, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (born 1742) 23 August – Robert Small, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, mathematician and astronomer (born 1732) 5 September – John Home, Episcopalian minister, playwright and writer (born 1722) 20 September – John Elliot, Royal Navy officer (born 1732) 15 October – James Anderson of Hermiston, agriculturalist (born 1739) 24 October – Francis Wemyss-Charteris, landowner (born 1723) The arts Walter Scott's poem Marmion: a tale of Flodden Field is published in Edinburgh. See also 1808 in the United Kingdom References Years of the 19th century in Scotland 1800s in Scotland