1732 in Scotland

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  • 1728
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1732
in
Scotland

  • 1733
  • 1734
  • 1735
  • 1736
  • 1737
Centuries:
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
  • 20th
Decades:
  • 1710s
  • 1720s
  • 1730s
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1732 in: Great BritainWalesElsewhere

Events from the year 1732 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[]

  • This year's General Assembly of the Church of Scotland gives rise to the First Secession of 1733.
  • Construction of a new Haddo House near Tarves in Aberdeenshire for William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, by William Adam in Georgian Palladian style begins.[1]

Births[]

  • 21 February – William Falconer, poet (lost at sea c.1770)
  • 21 July – James Adam, architect (died 1794 in England)
  • 6 October – John Broadwood, piano maker (died 1812 in England)

Deaths[]

  • 20 May – Thomas Boston, church leader (born 1676)

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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