1724 in Scotland

Events from the year 1724 in Scotland.

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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 – Robert Dundas
• Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning

Judiciary

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

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.

See also

• Scotland portal

• Timeline of Scottish history