1728 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1728 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

• 13 May – 3 men and 8 boys from Hirta are retrieved from Stac an Armin where they have been accidentally marooned for about 9 months, the longest recorded period anyone has spent on the sea stack.
• 31 May – The Royal Bank of Scotland extends the first overdraft (to Edinburgh merchant William Hogg for £1,000).^[1]
• Iron smelting at Invergarry begins.^[2]
• Inverness – Fort William road through the Great Glen completed.^[2]
• First larch trees in Scotland planted at Dunkeld.^[2]
• First publication of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie's The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565, written about 1575 in the Scots language.

Births

• 13 February – John Hunter, surgeon (died 1793)
• 16 April – Joseph Black, physicist and chemist (born in France; died 1799)
• 3 July – Robert Adam, architect (died 1792)

Deaths

• 3 April – James Anderson, lawyer, antiquary and historian (born 1662)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. Web site: The history of payments in the UK. BBC News. 2009-02-16. 2016-02-25.
2. Book: Ross, David. Chronology of Scottish History. Geddes & Grosset. New Lanark. 2002. 1-85534-380-0.