1729 in Scotland

Events from the year 1729 in Scotland.

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Incumbents

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

• 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

• 8 January – two women arrested in Edinburgh for wearing men's clothing.^[1]
• 6 August – Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh established as the "Hospital for the Sick Poor" or "Physicians' Hospital" in Edinburgh.^[2]
• Mackintosh of Borlum publishes An essay on ways and means for inclosing, fallowing, planting, &c. Scotland; and that in sixteen years at farthest, "by a lover of his country", in Edinburgh.^[2]

Births

• October – Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, born William Johnstone, advocate, landowner and politician (died 1805 in London)
• William Buchan, physician (died 1805 in London)
• John Moore, physician and writer (died 1802 in London)

Deaths

• 21 March – John Law, economist (born 1671; died in Venice)
• 13 September – Colen Campbell, architect (born 1676; died in London)
• Gershom Carmichael, philosopher (born c. 1672)
• Sìleas na Ceapaich, Gaelic poet (born c. 1660)

The arts

• Society of St. Luke, Scotland's first art institute, established in Edinburgh.^[2]

See also

• Scotland portal

• Timeline of Scottish history