Events from the year 1732 in Scotland.
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1732 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere |
Incumbents
edit- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
edit- Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
editEvents
edit- This year's General Assembly of the Church of Scotland gives rise to the First Secession of 1733.
- Construction of a new Haddo House near Tarves in Aberdeenshire for William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, by William Adam in Georgian Palladian style begins.[1]
Births
edit- 21 February – William Falconer, poet (lost at sea c.1770)
- 21 July – James Adam, architect (died 1794 in England)
- 6 October – John Broadwood, piano maker (died 1812 in England)
Deaths
edit- 20 May – Thomas Boston, church leader (born 1676)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0.