Events from the year 1724 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe
Law officers Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events c. March–November – Galloway "Levellers" dykebreaking in opposition to enclosures. 24 December – General George Wade is appointed Commander in Chief in Scotland after his report on the need for military roads in the country. Burcefield and Gardie Houses built.
Births 20 March – Duncan Ban MacIntyre, Gaelic poet (died 1812) 3 June – John Gregory, physician and moralist (died 1773) 10 July – James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton (died 1758 in England)
Deaths 14 November – John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, soldier and politician (born 1660 in England)
The arts Allan Ramsay publishes The Ever Green: Being a collection of Scots Poems and co-writes and edits the first volume of The Tea-Table Miscellany, a collection of Scots songs, in Scots and English.
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References