1720 in Scotland

Events from the year 1720 in Scotland.

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Centuries:	16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Decades:	1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s
See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1720 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere

Incumbents

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

• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, then Robert Dundas
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, then Walter Stewart

Judiciary

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

Events

• A great storm cuts Rattray, Aberdeenshire, off from the open sea, creating the Loch of Strathbeg.
• The Caledonian Mercury newspaper begins publication in Edinburgh.
• Food riots in east coast towns from January to March.^[1]

Births

• 31 December – Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the British throne (born, and died 1788, in Rome)

Deaths

• 20 April – George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1637)
• David Gregory, physician and inventor (born 1625)

The arts

See also

• Scotland portal

• Timeline of Scottish history