1722 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1722 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1722 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Robert Dundas
- Solicitor General for Scotland — John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grange
Events
- Signet Library established in Edinburgh.[1]
- Pheasant introduced to Scotland.[1]
- Probable date — Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway completed.
- Possible date — Burning of Janet Horne as a witch — see 1727 in Scotland.
Births
- 26 January — Alexander Carlyle, Church of Scotland leader (died 1805)
- 4 May — Robert McQueen, Lord Braxfield, judge (died 1799)
- 13 September — John Home, Episcopalian minister, playwright and writer (died 1808)
- 16 September — Gabriel Christie, British Army general and settler in Quebec (died 1799 in Canada)
- 1 December — Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk, Scottish peer (died 1799)
- date unknown
- John Brown of Haddington, theologian (died 1787)
- Flora MacDonald, Jacobite (died 1790)
- Robert Smith, architect working in America (died 1777 in the United States)
Deaths
- 28 February — William Kerr, 2nd Marquess of Lothian, army officer (born 1661)
- 9 August — Robert Sibbald, polymath (born 1641)
The Arts
- William Aikman paints a portrait of the poet Allan Ramsay.
- Physician Archibald Pitcairne writes the comedy The Assembly, or Scotch Reformation.
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References
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