1706 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Anne

• Secretary of State – Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, jointly with John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
• Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
• Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston

Events

• April – commissioners assemble in London to agree a Treaty of Union between Scotland and England.
• 22 July – Treaty of Union agreed in London.^[1]
• c. September – Daniel Defoe is sent to Edinburgh as an English government agent to promote ratification of the Treaty of Union.
• 3 October – opening of the Parliament of Scotland which will debate the Union.
• 19 October – an Edinburgh mob opposed to the Union threatens the Lord Provost.^[2]
• 4 November – the Parliament of Scotland votes in favour of the Union with England Act by 116 votes to 83.^[3]
• 6 November – a Glasgow mob opposed to the Union threatens the Lord Provost.^[2]
• 20 November – a copy of the Treaty of Union is burnt publicly in Dumfries.^[2]
• Lord Archibald Campbell is created 1st Earl of Ilay.

Births

• 1 April – Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck judge (died 1782)

Date unknown

• James Abercrombie British Army general (died 1781)
• Walter Goodall, writer (died 1766)
• John Maule, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1781)
• William Stewart, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1748)

Deaths

• 25 August – Lord John Hay, soldier (born)

Date unknown

• Sir John Hay of Alderston, 1st Baronet

The arts

• A Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems both ancient and modern, by several hands edited by James Watson begins publication in Edinburgh.^[4]

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 204–205. 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Web site: Notable Dates in History. The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. 2016-03-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm. 26 January 2016. dead. dmy-all.
3. Book: State of the Union: Unionism and the Alternatives in the United Kingdom since 1707. Iain. McLean. Alistair. McMillan. Oxford University Press. 0-19-925820-1. 2008-01-06.
4. Web site: Ramsay, Allan (1686–1758). The Burns Encyclopedia. 2009-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20100714164232/http://www.robertburns.org/encyclopedia/RamsayAllan1686-1758.728.shtml. 14 July 2010. live. dmy.