1720 in Scotland

none November 2025 December 2020 January 2016 1720 Events from the year 1720 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, then Robert Dundas Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, then Walter Stewart Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange Events A great storm cuts Rattray, Aberdeenshire, off from the open sea, creating the Loch of Strathbeg. The Caledonian Mercury newspaper begins publication in Edinburgh. Food riots in east coast towns from January to March.Whatley Christopher October 1999 The Union of 1707, Integration and the Scottish Burghs: The Case of the 1720 Food Riots Scottish Historical Review 78 206 192–218 25530901 Births 31 December – Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the British throne (born, and died 1788, in Rome) Deaths 20 April – George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (born 1637) David Gregory, physician and inventor (born 1625) See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1720s in Scotland Scotland