1711 in Scotland
1711 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1711 in Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 See also
7 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – Anne
Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry, until 6 July; then The Earl of Mar
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet; then Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay (appointed this year to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events[edit]
- Easter Sunday – Elgin Cathedral's central tower collapses.[1]
- 7 November – Dutch East Indiaman Liefde runs aground and sinks on Shetland with the loss of all but one of her 300 crew.
Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1711 (becoming law 1 May 1712) restores the right of patrons to present ministers to Church of Scotland churches.
Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711 (becoming law 3 March 1712) tolerates the right of the Scottish Episcopal Church to continue its Anglican form of liturgy and communion.
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company founded at Greenock.- Weir constructed at Forestmill on the Black Devon by George Sorocold to feed Gartmorn Dam reservoir.[2]
- Export duty on linen.[1]
Births[edit]
- 26 April – David Hume, philosopher and economist (died 1776)
- 12 October – William Tytler, historian (died 1792)
- Approximate date – Alan Breck Stewart, Jacobite (died c. 1791 in exile)
Deaths[edit]
- 6 July – James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, politician (born 1662; died in London)
Sir James Foulis, 3rd Baronet, judge (born c. 1645)
The arts[edit]
- Publication of Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems edited by James Watson concludes in Edinburgh.
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
^ ab Ross, David (2002). Chronology of Scottish History. New Lanark: Geddes & Grosset. ISBN 1-85534-380-0..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}
^ Paxton, R.; Shipway, J. (2007). Scotland: Lowlands and Borders. Civil Engineering Heritage. London: Thomas Telford for the Institution of Civil Engineers. ISBN 978-0-7277-3487-7.
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