1732 in Scotland
Events from the year 1732 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events
- This year's General Assembly of the Church of Scotland gives rise to the First Secession of 1733.
- Construction of a new Haddo House near Tarves in Aberdeenshire for William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, by William Adam in Georgian Palladian style begins.[1]
Births
- 21 February – William Falconer, poet (lost at sea c.1770)
- 21 July – James Adam, architect (died 1794 in England)
- 6 October – John Broadwood, piano maker (died 1812 in England)
Deaths
- 20 May – Thomas Boston, church leader (born 1676)
See also
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