1725 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1725 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1725 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — George I
- Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe, until August; office vacant thereafter
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Robert Dundas,then Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland — John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning; then John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grange
Events
- 12 May — The Black Watch is raised as a military company as part of the pacification of the Highlands under General George Wade.[1]
- 22 June — Malt riots in Glasgow against higher taxes on Scottish malt used in the production of distilled beverages.[2] Wade's troops enter the city.
- August — John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, resigns as Secretary of State for Scotland; the post remains vacant until 1742.
- A second Disarming Act is passed as part of the pacification of the Highlands.
- One of the earliest examples of a steam pump in Scotland is installed for draining coal mines at Edmonstone in Midlothian.[3]
- Barony of Calton, including Calton Hill, purchased by the city of Edinburgh.
- James Anderson of Stobcross House feues out land near Glasgow for weavers cottages;[4] the area is named Anderson Town in his honour, later becoming Anderston.
Births
- 6 March — Henry Benedict Stuart, cardinal and Jacobite claimant to the British throne (born, and died 1807, in Italy)
- 17 March — Lachlan McIntosh, military and political leader in America (died 1806 in the United States)
- 10 November — John Hope, physician and botanist (died 1786)
Deaths
- 8 October — Sir William Scott of Thirlestane, lawyer and neo-Latin poet (born 1645)
- Alexander Nisbet, heraldist (born 1657)
The Arts
- Poet James Thomson moves to London.
- Allan Ramsay publishes The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots pastoral comedy.
- William Thomson compiles Orpheus Caledonius: or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs.
See also
References
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ "Chronology of Scottish History". A Timeline of Scottish History. Rampant Scotland. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- ↑ Farey, John (1827). A Treatise on the Steam Engine 2. London: Longman. pp. 228–31. Retrieved 2016-01-21.
- ↑ Hutton, Guthrie (2007). Old Anderston and Finnieston. Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 9781840333930.
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