1724 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1724 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas
• Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
• Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange

Events

• c. March–November – Galloway "Levellers" dykebreaking in opposition to enclosures.^[1]
• 24 December – General George Wade is appointed Commander in Chief in Scotland after his report on the need for military roads in the country.^[2]
• Burcefield and Gardie Houses built.

Births

• 20 March – Duncan Ban MacIntyre, Gaelic poet (died 1812)
• 3 June – John Gregory, physician and moralist (died 1773)
• 10 July – James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (died 1758 in England)

Deaths

• 14 November – John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, soldier and politician (born 1660 in England)

The arts

• Allan Ramsay publishes The Ever Green: Being a collection of Scots Poems and co-writes and edits the first volume of The Tea-Table Miscellany, a collection of Scots songs, in Scots and English.

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. Leopold. John. The Levellers Revolt in Galloway in 1724. Journal of the Scottish Labour History Society. 14. 1980. 4–29.
2. Web site: Notable Dates in History. The Scots Independent. 2016-02-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm. 26 January 2016. dead.