1732 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1732 in Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1732 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1732 in: Great Britain ⢠Wales ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate â Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland â John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
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 â William Falconer, poet (lost at sea c.1770)
- 21 July â James Adam, architect (died 1794 in England)
- 6 October â John Broadwood, piano maker (died 1812 in England)
Deaths
- 20 May â Thomas Boston, church leader (born 1676)
