1720 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1720 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1720 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, then Robert Dundas
- Solicitor General for Scotland — Robert Dundas, then Walter Stewart
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grange
Births
- 31 December — Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the British throne (born, and died 1788, in Rome)
Deaths
- 20 April — George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1637)
- David Gregory, physician and inventor (born 1625)
See also
References
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