1710 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1710 in Scotland.
Incumbents[]
- Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry
Law officers[]
- Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.
Judiciary[]
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat until 23 October; then Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord 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 April – William Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (died 1790)[2]
- 25 April – James Ferguson, astronomer, instrument and globe maker (died 1776)
Deaths[]
- 1 January – William Bruce, architect (born )
- 1 June – David Mitchell, admiral (born )
- 20 September – John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, nobleman and politician (born )
- 10 December – Robert Mylne, the last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland (born )
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.
- ^ "William Cullen | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh". www.rcpe.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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