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1707 in Scotland 
Summary
Events from the year 1707 in the Kingdom of Scotland, then Scotland.
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| See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1707 in: Great Britain • England • Wales • Elsewhere | ||||
Incumbents edit
- Monarch – Anne (until 1 May; Scotland and England unite)
- Secretary of State: Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, jointly with The Earl of Mar (post abolished at Act of Union)
- Secretary of State for Scotland, from 1 May, when the post was created: The Earl of Mar
Law officers edit
- Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
- Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael
Judiciary edit
Events edit
- 16 January – Parliament of Scotland passes the Union with England Act.
- 19 March – official copy of the Act of Union signed by the Scottish Chancellor[1] and the Act is ratified by the Parliament of England.
- 25 March–28 April – last sitting of Parliament of Scotland in Edinburgh until it is revived in 1999 as the Scottish Parliament.
- 25 April – a large school of whales appears in the Firth of Forth; 35 strand on the sands of Kirkcaldy.[1]
- 1 May – the new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single united Kingdom of Great Britain[2] and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain.[3] The Equivalent, a sum of £398,000, is paid to Scotland by the English government. The Honours of Scotland are locked away in Edinburgh Castle.
- Ormacleit Castle on South Uist is first occupied by Allan Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, and his family.[4]
Births edit
- 10 April – John Pringle, physician (died 1782 in London)
- 20 April – Robert Foulis, printer and publisher (died 1776)
- 22 June (bapt.) – Elizabeth Blackwell, botanic writer and illustrator (died 1758 in London)
- 5 September – John Forbes, British Army general (died 1759 in Philadelphia)
Date unknown
- Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, physician and last Jacobite to be executed for high treason (hanged 1753 in London)
Deaths edit
- 8 January – John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, politician (born 1648)
- 10 March – James Carnegie, Member of the Parliament of Scotland
- 17 March – William Hay, bishop (born 1647)
- 2 June – Mary Erskine, businesswoman and philanthropist
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Changes in legislative authority". The evolution of Parliament. London: Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "South Uist, Ormiclate, Ormaclett Castle (9897)". Canmore. Retrieved 28 May 2019.