1713 in Scotland

Events from the year 1713 in Scotland.

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See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1713 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere

Incumbents

Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland

• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Earl of Mar

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
• Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange

Events

• December – the post of Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow is established, considered as the foundation of the University of Glasgow School of Law.
• The main radial roads into Edinburgh are turnpiked.

Births

• 25 May – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792 in England)^[1]
• 13 October – Allan Ramsay, portrait painter (died 1784 in England)

Deaths

• 20 October – Archibald Pitcairne, physician, classical scholar and satirist (born 1652)

See also

• Scotland portal

• Timeline of Scottish history