Events from the year 1718 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe
Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events Damask linen industry established at Dunfermline by James Blake and at Drumsheugh. Marrow Controversy, an ecclesiastical dispute. Old Calton Burial Ground established on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, by the Society of the Incorporated Trades of Calton. Edinburgh Evening Courant newspaper launched. First passage to America of a ship built on the Clyde, and belonging to Glasgow. Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany at the University of Glasgow established.
Births 18 February – Robert Henry, historian (died 1790)Nimmo, William (1880). The History of Stirlingshire, revised by W. M. Stirling and R. Gillespie. 7 April – Hugh Blair, Presbyterian preacher and man of letters (died 1800) 29 April – Robert Sandeman, theologian (died 1771 in Danbury, Connecticut) 23 May – William Hunter, anatomist and obstetrician (died 1783 in London)
Deaths 1 May – Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto, judge, politician and writer (born c. 1650)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References