1721 in Scotland

none March 2016 January 2016 July 2026 1721 Events from the year 1721 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland: John Ker, 1st Duke of RoxburgheJohn Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (c.1680–1741), Soldier and Secretary of State for Scotland (1716–1725) https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/john-ker-1st-duke-of-roxburghe-c-16801741-soldier-and-secretary-of-state-for-scotland-17161725-28589 artuk.org 28 April 2018 en Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert DundasDUNDAS, Robert (1685-1753), of Arniston, Edinburgh http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/dundas-robert-1685-1753 www.historyofparliamentonline.org 28 April 2018 27 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190327152032/http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/dundas-robert-1685-1753 dead Solicitor General for Scotland – Walter Stewart; then John Sinclair and Charles Binning Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay (also this year appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland) Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange Events Battle of Glen Affric: Men of the Jacobite Clan Mackenzie and Clan Macrae ambush men of the pro-Hanoverian Clan Ross led by William Ross, 6th of Easter Fearn (who is fatally wounded) when he attempts to collect rents (forfeit to the crown) on the Mackenzie estates. Battle of Coille Bhan: British Army troops of Colonel Kirk's Regiment under Captain McNeill drive off an attack from the Clan Mackenzie but again fail to collect rents on their estates. Ruthven Barracks completed. Chandos Chair of Medicine and Anatomy established at the University of St Andrews. Robert Wodrow publishes The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland. Births 21 January – James Murray, military officer and colonial administrator (died 1794)James Murray - British soldier and official https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Murray-British-soldier-and-official Encyclopedia Britannica 28 April 2018 en 5 March – John Adam, architect (died 1792)Skempton A. W. Chrimes Mike A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500-1830 2002 Thomas Telford 9780727729392 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=jeOMfpYMOtYC&pg=PA5 en 19 March (baptized) – Tobias Smollett, novelist (died 1771 in Tuscany)National Records of Scotland https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/tobias-smollett www.nrscotland.gov.uk 31 May 2013 28 April 2018 en 9 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190609094500/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/tobias-smollett dead 24 June – Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone, judge (died 1793)10349 Garden, Francis, Lord Gardenstone (1721–1793), judge http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/10349 28 April 2018 23 September 2004 Barker G. F. R. Anita McConnell 14 July – John Douglas, Anglican bishop of Salisbury and man of letters (died 1807 in England)7908 Douglas, John (1721–1807), bishop of Salisbury and writer http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-7908 28 April 2018 19 September – William Robertson, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (died 1793)Biography of William Robertson https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH15959&type=P universitystory.gla.ac.uk 28 April 2018 3 October – John Skinner, Episcopalian minister, historian, poet and songwriter (died 1807)25678 Skinner, John (1721–1807), songwriter and ecclesiastical historian http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25678 28 April 2018 5 October – William Wilkie, Presbyterian minister, natural philosopher and poet (died 1772)29414 Wilkie, William (1721–1772), Church of Scotland minister and poet http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-29414 28 April 2018 6 December – James Elphinston, philologist (died 1809 in England)8738 Elphinston, James (1721–1809), educationist and advocate of spelling reform http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-8738 28 April 2018 Earliest likely date – James Grainger, physician, poet and translator (died 1766 in the West Indies)James Grainger https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/james-grainger www.royalacademy.org.uk 28 April 2018 Deaths 14 January – William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (born 1664) 13 December – Alexander Selkirk, sailor and castaway (born 1676; died at sea) See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1720s in Scotland Scotland