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1733 in Scotland
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1733
Events from the year 1733 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland
Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Erskine
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events
23 April–end of October – Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, designed by William Adam, built.Aberfeldy, Taybridge Road, Tay Bridge https://canmore.org.uk/site/25601/aberfeldy-taybridge-road-tay-bridge Canmore Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland Edinburgh 2007 2016-01-23
May–December – First Secession from the Church of Scotland.
Births
4 January – Robert Mylne, architect (died 1811 in London)
3 February – Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1805 in England)
1 May – Archibald McLean, Baptist minister (died 1812)
22 May – Alexander Monro, anatomist (died 1817)
24 December – Thomas Bell, theologian (died 1802)
John Forbes, general in Portuguese service (died 1808 in Brazil)
Lewis Hutchinson, serial killer (hanged 1773 in Jamaica)
Deaths
January – Alexander Duncan, Episcopal Bishop of Glasgow (born c. 1655)
27 January – Patrick Vanse, Member of Parliament (born c. 1655)
31 October – David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, politician (born c. 1666)
29 December – Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (born 1655/6)
The arts
William Thomson publishes Orpheus caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs.
See also
Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
References
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Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland
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Category:1730s in Scotland
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