Английская Википедия:1731 in Scotland
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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Year in Scotland Events from the year 1731 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- 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
- Cumbernauld House, to designs by William Adam, is built.
- Publication in Edinburgh of The Poor Man's Physician, or The receipts of the famous John Moncrief of Tippermalloch; being a choice collection of simple and easy remedies for most distempers, very useful for all persons, especially those of a poorer condition ... To which is added The method of curing the small pox and scurvy, by the eminent Dr. Archibald Pitcairn (3rd edition).[1]
Births
- 1 July – Adam Duncan, admiral, victor of the Battle of Camperdown (died 1804 in Northumberland)
- date unknown – William Aiton, botanist (died 1793)
Deaths
- 28 April – Robert Gordon, merchant and philanthropist (born 1668)
- 6 November – James Smith, architect (b. c.1645)
See also
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