Events from the year 1720 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe
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.
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)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References