1733 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1733 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch – George II
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Erskine
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events
- 23 April–end of October – Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, designed by William Adam, built.[1]
- May–December – First Secession from the Church of Scotland.
Births
- 4 January – Robert Mylne, architect (died 1811 in London)
- 3 February – Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1805 in England)
- 1 May – Archibald McLean, Baptist minister (died 1812)
- 22 May – Alexander Monro, anatomist (died 1817)
- 24 December – Thomas Bell, theologian (died 1802)
- John Forbes, general in Portuguese service (died 1808 in Brazil)
- Lewis Hutchinson, serial killer (hanged 1773 in Jamaica)
Deaths
- January – Alexander Duncan, Episcopal Bishop of Glasgow (born c. 1655)
- 27 January – Patrick Vanse, Member of Parliament (born c. 1655)
- 31 October – David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, politician (born c. 1666)
- 29 December – Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (born 1655/6)
The arts
- William Thomson publishes Orpheus caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs.
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See also
References
- "Aberfeldy, Taybridge Road, Tay Bridge". Canmore. Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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