1724 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1724 in Scotland.
Contents
Incumbents
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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
References
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