• Source: 1710 in Scotland

      • Events from the year 1710 in Scotland.


      Incumbents


      Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry


      = Law officers

      =
      Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
      Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.


      = Judiciary

      =
      Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
      Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat until 23 October; then Lord Ilay
      Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston, then Lord Grange


      Events


      Dry stone dykes (i.e. walls) built in Galloway to enclose land on a large scale.
      Dancing 'assemblies' in Edinburgh begin.


      Births


      15 April – William Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (died 1790)
      25 April – James Ferguson, astronomer, instrument and globe maker (died 1776)


      Deaths


      1 January – William Bruce, architect (born 1630)
      1 June – David Mitchell, admiral (born 1642)
      20 September – John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, nobleman and politician (born 1638)
      10 December – Robert Mylne, the last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland (born 1633)


      See also


      1710 in Great Britain


      References

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