1731 in Scotland

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1731
in
Scotland

  • 1732
  • 1733
  • 1734
  • 1735
  • 1736
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1731 in: Great BritainWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1731 in Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateDuncan Forbes
  • Solicitor General for ScotlandJohn Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine

Judiciary[]

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

Events[]

  • Cumbernauld House, to designs by William Adam, is built.
  • Publication in Edinburgh of The Poor Man's Physician, or The receits of the famous John Moncrief of Tippermalloch; being a choice collection of simple and easy remedies for most distempers, very useful for all persons, especially those of a poorer condition ... To which is added The method of curing the small pox and scurvy, by the eminent Dr. Archibald Pitcairn (3rd edition).[1]

Births[]

  • 1 July – Adam Duncan, admiral, victor of the Battle of Camperdown (died 1804 in Northumberland)
  • date unknownWilliam Aiton, botanist (died 1793)

Deaths[]

  • 28 April – Robert Gordon, merchant and philanthropist (born 1668)
  • 6 November – James Smith, architect (b. c.1645)

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]

  1. ^ Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.


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