1720 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1720 in Scotland.
Incumbents
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.[1]
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)
The arts
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See also
References
- ^ 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. JSTOR 25530901.