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1730 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1730 in Scotland
.
←
1729
1728
1727
1726
1725
1730
in
Scotland
→
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
Centuries:
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
Decades:
1710s
1720s
1730s
1740s
1750s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1730 in:
Great Britain
•
Wales
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Secretary of State for Scotland
:
vacant
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Duncan Forbes
Solicitor General for Scotland
–
John Sinclair
, jointly with
Charles Erskine
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Ilay
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Grange
Events
edit
12 March –
John Glas
deposed from the
Church of Scotland
; the
Glasite
sect forms around him.
[1]
The Glasgow Linen Society is formed.
Francis Hutcheson
takes office as
Professor of Moral Philosophy
in the
University of Glasgow
, where he will lecture in English rather than Latin.
[2]
Iron smelting at
Abernethy
using ore from
Tomintoul
.
[2]
Perth
–
Dunkeld
–
Inverness
road completed.
[2]
Lebanon cedar
tree introduced to Scotland.
[2]
Births
edit
14 December –
James Bruce
, explorer of the Nile (died
1794
)
James Christie
, auctioneer (died 1803 in England)
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore
, governor of the Province of New York (died 1809 in England)
Probable year –
Charlotte Lennox
, novelist and poet (born in Gibraltar; died 1804 in England)
Deaths
edit
25 December –
Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine
, army officer (born
1676
)
James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale
, art collector (born c. 1687/8; died in Italy)
The arts
edit
James Thomson
's poem cycle
The Seasons
is first published complete.
[2]
See also
edit
Scotland portal
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit
^
Cates, William L. R.
(1863).
The Pocket Date Book
. Chapman and Hall.
^
a
b
c
d
e
Ross, David (2002).
Chronology of Scottish History
. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset.
ISBN
1-85534-380-0
.