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. Dancing 'assemblies' in Edinburgh begin.
Births 15 April – William Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (died 1790) 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
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