1723 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1723 Events from the year 1723 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland 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 8 June – The Honourable Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland is formed in Edinburgh by over 300 landowners, part of the Scottish Enlightenment.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm The Scots Independent 2016-02-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm 26 January 2016 dead 11 November – 18 people drown in the River Tweed near Melrose when a ferry boat capsizes. Births 3 February – Catherine Read, portrait painter (died 1778 at sea) c. 5 February (16 February NS) – John Witherspoon, Presbyterian minister, a Founding Father of the U.S. and President of the College of New Jersey (modern-day Princeton University; died 1794 in the United States) 23 February – William Chambers, architect (born in Gothenburg; died 1796 in London) 5 June (baptized; 16 June NS) – Adam Smith, economist and philosopher (died 1790) 20 June (1 July NS) – Adam Ferguson, philosopher and social historian (died 1816) 29 August – William Dalrymple, Church of Scotland minister (died 1814) Lady Anne Farquharson-MacKintosh, Jacobite (died 1784) Gavin Hamilton, neoclassical history painter, archaeologist and dealer (died 1798 in Rome) Francis Peacock, "father of Scottish country dance" (died 1807) Deaths 3 April – George Watson, accountant and benefactor (born 1654) The arts Mavisbank House in Midlothian is designed by William AdamColvin Howard Howard Colvin 1978 A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 London John Murray 0719533287 registration https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict0000colv in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and construction begins; it is the first Palladian villa in Scotland.Dan Cruickshank Dan Cruickshank A Guide to the Georgian Buildings of Britain & Ireland London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985 0-297-78610-5 226–7 Cairney-born painter William Aikman settles in London as a portraitist under the patronage of John Campbell, Duke of Argyll.Aikman, William http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/aikman.htm ElectricScotland 2012-04-16 See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1720s in Scotland Scotland