1724 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1724 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1724 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1724 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning
Judiciary
Events
- c. March–November – Galloway "Levellers" dykebreaking in opposition to enclosures.[1]
- 24 December – General George Wade is appointed Commander in Chief in Scotland after his report on the need for military roads in the country.[2]
- Burcefield and Gardie Houses built.
Births
- 20 March – Duncan Ban MacIntyre, Gaelic poet (died 1812)
- 3 June – John Gregory, physician and moralist (died 1773)
- 10 July – James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (died 1758 in England)
Deaths
- 14 November – John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, soldier and politician (born 1660 in England)
The arts
- Allan Ramsay publishes The Ever Green: Being a collection of Scots Poems and co-writes and edits the first volume of The Tea-Table Miscellany, a collection of Scots songs, in Scots and English.
