1730 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1730 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events
- 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.[1]
- The Glasgow Linen Society is formed.
- Francis Hutcheson takes office as Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, where he will lecture in English rather than Latin.[2]
- Iron smelting at Abernethy using ore from Tomintoul.[2]
- Perth–Dunkeld–Inverness road completed.[2]
- Lebanon cedar tree introduced to Scotland.[2]
Births
- 14 December – James Bruce, explorer of the Nile (died 1794)
- John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, governor of the Province of New York (died 1809 in England)
- Probable year – Charlotte Lennox, novelist and poet (born in Gibraltar; died 1804 in England)
Deaths
- 25 December – Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, army officer (born 1676)
- James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale, art collector (born c. 1687/8; died in Italy)
The arts
- James Thomson's poem cycle The Seasons is first published complete.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Cates, William L. R. (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ^ a b c d e Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.