1711 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1711 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry, until 6 July; then The Earl of Mar

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet; then Sir James Stewart
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
• Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay (appointed this year to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange

Events

• 5 April (Easter Sunday) – Elgin Cathedral's central tower collapses.^[1]
• 7 November – Dutch East Indiaman Liefde runs aground and sinks off Out Skerries, Shetland with the loss of all but one of her 300 crew.
• Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1711 (becoming law 1 May 1712) restores the right of patrons to present ministers to Church of Scotland churches.
• Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711 (becoming law 3 March 1712) tolerates the right of the Scottish Episcopal Church to continue its Anglican form of liturgy and communion.
• Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company founded at Greenock.
• Weir constructed at Forestmill on the Black Devon by George Sorocold to feed Gartmorn Dam reservoir.^[2]
• Export duty on linen.^[1]

Births

• 26 April – David Hume, philosopher and economist (died 1776)
• 12 October – William Tytler, historian (died 1792)

Date unknown

• Alan Breck Stewart, Jacobite (died c. 1791 in exile)

Deaths

• 6 July – James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, politician (born 1662; died in London)

Date unknown

• Sir James Foulis, 3rd Baronet, judge (born c. 1645)
• Adam Brown of Blackford, Lord Provost of Edinburgh died in office

The arts

• Publication of Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems edited by James Watson concludes in Edinburgh.

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. Book: Ross, David. Chronology of Scottish History. Geddes & Grosset. New Lanark. 2002. 1-85534-380-0.
2. Book: R.. Paxton. J.. Shipway. Civil Engineering Heritage. Scotland: Lowlands and Borders. 2007. Thomas Telford for the Institution of Civil Engineers. London. 978-0-7277-3487-7.