1710 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1710 in Scotland.

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Decades:

See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1710 in: Great Britain â¢ Wales â¢ Elsewhere

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List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1710 in: Great Britain â¢ Wales â¢ Elsewhere

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Incumbents

Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry

Law officers

Lord Advocate â Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
Solicitor General for Scotland â Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

Judiciary

Lord President of the Court of Session â Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General â Lord Tarbat until 23 October; then Lord Ilay
Lord Justice Clerk â 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 â William Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (died 1790)^[2]
25 April â James Ferguson, astronomer, instrument and globe maker (died 1776)

Deaths

1 January â William Bruce, architect (born 1630)
1 June â David Mitchell, admiral (born 1642)
20 September â John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, nobleman and politician (born 1638)
10 December â Robert Mylne, the last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland (born 1633)

See also

1710 in Great Britain

References

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