1707 in Scotland
1707 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1707 in the Kingdom of Scotland, then Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 See also
6 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – Anne, union with England on 1 May
Secretary of State: Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, jointly with The Earl of Mar (post abolished at Act of Union)
Secretary of State for Scotland, from 1 May, when the post was created: The Earl of Mar
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston
Events[edit]
16 January – Parliament of Scotland passes the Union with England Act.
19 March – official copy of the Act of Union signed by the Scottish Chancellor[1] and the Act is ratified by the Parliament of England.
25 March–28 April – last sitting of Parliament of Scotland in Edinburgh until it is revived in 1999 as the Scottish Parliament.
25 April – a large school of whales appears in the Firth of Forth; 35 strand on the sands of Kirkcaldy.[1]
1 May – the new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single united Kingdom of Great Britain[2] and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain.[3]The Equivalent, a sum of £398,000, is paid to Scotland by the English government. The Honours of Scotland are locked away in Edinburgh Castle.
Births[edit]
10 April – John Pringle, physician (died 1782 in London)
20 April – Robert Foulis, printer and publisher (died 1776)- 22 June (bapt.) – Elizabeth Blackwell, botanic writer and illustrator (died 1758 in London)
5 September – John Forbes, British Army general (died 1759 in Philadelphia)
date unknown – Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, physician and last Jacobite to be executed for high treason (hanged 1753 in London)
Deaths[edit]
8 January – John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, politician (born 1648)
10 March – James Carnegie, Member of the Parliament of Scotland
17 March – William Hay, bishop (born 1647)
2 June – Mary Erskine, businesswoman and philanthropist
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
^ ab "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Changes in legislative authority". The evolution of Parliament. London: Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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