1710 in Scotland

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1710
in
Scotland

  • 1711
  • 1712
  • 1713
  • 1714
  • 1715
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1710 in: Great BritainWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1710 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateSir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandThomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of SessionLord North Berwick
  • Lord Justice GeneralLord Tarbat until 23 October; then Lord Ilay
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Ormiston, then Lord Grange

Events[]

  • Dry stone dykes (i.e. walls) built in Galloway to enclose land on a large scale.[1]
  • Dancing 'assemblies' in Edinburgh begin.[1]

Births[]

  • 15 AprilWilliam Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (died 1790)[2]
  • 25 AprilJames Ferguson, astronomer, instrument and globe maker (died 1776)

Deaths[]

  • 1 JanuaryWilliam Bruce, architect (born )
  • 1 JuneDavid Mitchell, admiral (born )
  • 20 SeptemberJohn Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, nobleman and politician (born )
  • 10 DecemberRobert Mylne, the last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland (born )

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.
  2. ^ "William Cullen | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh". www.rcpe.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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