1721 in Scotland

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1721 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere

Events from the year 1721 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
  • Secretary of State for Scotland: John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe[1]

Law officers[]

  • Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas[2]
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – ; then John Sinclair and

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
  • Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay (also this year appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland)
  • Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange

Events[]

  • Battle of Glen Affric: Men of the Jacobite Clan Mackenzie and Clan Macrae ambush men of the pro-Hanoverian Clan Ross led by William Ross, 6th of Easter Fearn (who is fatally wounded) when he attempts to collect rents (forfeit to the crown) on the Mackenzie estates.
  • Battle of Coille Bhan: British Army troops of Colonel Kirk's Regiment under Captain McNeill drive off an attack from the Clan Mackenzie but again fail to collect rents on their estates.
  • Ruthven Barracks completed.
  • Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy established at the University of St Andrews.
  • Robert Wodrow publishes The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland.

Births[]

  • 21 January – James Murray, military officer and colonial administrator (died 1794)[3]
  • 5 March – John Adam, architect (died 1792)[4]
  • 19 March (baptized) – Tobias Smollett, novelist (died 1771 in Tuscany)[5]
  • 24 June – Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone, judge (died 1793)[6]
  • 14 July – John Douglas, Anglican bishop of Salisbury and man of letters (died 1807 in England)[7]
  • 19 September – William Robertson, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (died 1793)[8]
  • 3 October – John Skinner, Episcopalian minister, historian, poet and songwriter (died 1807)[9]
  • 5 October – William Wilkie, Presbyterian minister, natural philosopher and poet (died 1772)[10]
  • 6 December – James Elphinston, philologist (died 1809 in England)[11]
  • Earliest likely date – James Grainger, physician, poet and translator (died 1766 in the West Indies)[12]

Deaths[]

  • 14 January – William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (born 1664)
  • 13 December – Alexander Selkirk, sailor and castaway (born 1676; died at sea)

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]

  1. ^ "John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (c.1680–1741), Soldier and Secretary of State for Scotland (1716–1725)". artuk.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ^ "DUNDAS, Robert (1685-1753), of Arniston, Edinburgh". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ^ "James Murray - British soldier and official". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. ^ Skempton, A. W.; Chrimes, Mike (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500-1830. Thomas Telford. p. 5. ISBN 9780727729392.
  5. ^ "National Records of Scotland". www.nrscotland.gov.uk. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. ^ Barker, G. F. R. (23 September 2004). "Garden, Francis, Lord Gardenstone (1721–1793), judge". In McConnell, Anita (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10349. Retrieved 28 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Douglas, John (1721–1807), bishop of Salisbury and writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7908. Retrieved 28 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ^ "Biography of William Robertson". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Skinner, John (1721–1807), songwriter and ecclesiastical historian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25678. Retrieved 28 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ^ "Wilkie, William (1721–1772), Church of Scotland minister and poet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29414. Retrieved 28 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ "Elphinston, James (1721–1809), educationist and advocate of spelling reform". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8738. Retrieved 28 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ "James Grainger". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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