• Source: 1733 in Scotland

      • Events from the year 1733 in Scotland.


      Incumbents



      Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant


      = Law officers

      =
      Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
      Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Erskine


      = Judiciary

      =
      Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
      Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
      Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange


      Events


      23 April–end of October – Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, designed by William Adam, built.
      May–December – First Secession from the Church of Scotland.


      Births


      4 January – Robert Mylne, architect (died 1811 in London)
      3 February – Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1805 in England)
      1 May – Archibald McLean, Baptist minister (died 1812)
      22 May – Alexander Monro, anatomist (died 1817)
      24 December – Thomas Bell, theologian (died 1802)
      John Forbes, general in Portuguese service (died 1808 in Brazil)
      Lewis Hutchinson, serial killer (hanged 1773 in Jamaica)


      Deaths


      January – Alexander Duncan, Episcopal Bishop of Glasgow (born c. 1655)
      27 January – Patrick Vanse, Member of Parliament (born c. 1655)
      31 October – David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, politician (born c. 1666)
      29 December – Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (born 1655/6)


      The arts


      William Thomson publishes Orpheus caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs.


      See also



      Timeline of Scottish history


      References

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