1727 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1727 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- 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
- 31 May – the is its first governor.
- Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland established.[2]
- An old woman known as witch in the British Isles to be executed when she is burned at the stake in Dornoch.[3][4] (Some sources give the date as June 1722.)[5]
- Outbreak of smallpox on Hirta.[6]
- The first Palladian villa in Scotland, Mavisbank House, designed by William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, is completed.
Births
- 7 September – William Smith, Episcopalian priest and theologian, first provost of the University of Pennsylvania, poet and historian (died 1803 in the United States)
- Niel Gow, fiddler (died 1807)
Deaths
- Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw, ballad writer (born 1677)
See also
References
- ^ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1727". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- ^ Kermack, W. R. (1944). 19 Centuries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Johnston. p. 75.
- ^ "Dornoch in the 18th century". Historylinks Museum. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7387-2368-6. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- JSTOR 25519547.
- ^ "National Records of Scotland". www.nrscotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2018.