1728 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1728 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — George II
 - Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
 
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Duncan Forbes
 - Solicitor General for Scotland — 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
- 31 May — The Royal Bank of Scotland extends the first overdraft (to Edinburgh merchant William Hogg for £1,000).[1]
 - Iron smelting at Invergarry begins.[2]
 - Inverness—Fort William road through the Great Glen completed.[2]
 - First larch trees in Scotland planted at Dunkeld.[2]
 - First publication of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie's The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565, written about 1575 in the Scots language.
 
Births
- 13 February — John Hunter, surgeon (died 1793)
 - 16 April — Joseph Black, physicist and chemist (born in France; died 1799)
 - 3 July — Robert Adam, architect (died 1792)
 
Deaths
- 3 April — James Anderson, lawyer, antiquary and historian (born 1662)
 
See also
References
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