1713 in Scotland

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1713
in
Scotland

  • 1714
  • 1715
  • 1716
  • 1717
  • 1718
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1713 in: Great BritainWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1713 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateSir James Stewart
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandThomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of SessionLord North Berwick
  • Lord Justice GeneralLord Ilay
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Grange

Events[]

  • December – the post of Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow is established, considered as the foundation of the University of Glasgow School of Law.
  • The main radial roads into Edinburgh are turnpiked.

Births[]

  • 25 MayJohn Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain and botanist (died 1792 in England)
  • 13 OctoberAllan Ramsay, portrait painter (died 1784 in England)

Deaths[]

  • 20 OctoberArchibald Pitcairne, physician, classical scholar and satirist (born 1652)

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]


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