1710 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1710 Events from the year 1710 in Scotland. Incumbents Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt. Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat until 23 October; then Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston, then Lord Grange Events Dry stone dykes (i.e. walls) built in Galloway to enclose land on a large scale.David Ross Chronology of Scottish History Geddes & Grosset New Lanark 2002 1-85534-380-0 Dancing 'assemblies' in Edinburgh begin. Births 15 April – William Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (died 1790)William Cullen https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/college-history/william-cullen 3 December 2020 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 24 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201024052802/https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/college-history/william-cullen dead 25 April – James Ferguson, astronomer, instrument and globe maker (died 1776) Deaths 1 January – William Bruce, architect (born 1630) 1 June – David Mitchell, admiral (born 1642) 20 September – John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, nobleman and politician (born 1638) 10 December – Robert Mylne, the last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland (born 1633) See also 1710 in Great Britain References collapsed Category:1710 by country Category:1710 in Europe Category:1710s in Scotland Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Category:1700s in Scotland Scotland