1708 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1708 in: Great Britain • England • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1708 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne
- Secretary of State for Scotland: The Earl of Mar
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Sir James Stewart
- Solicitor General for Scotland — William Carmichael
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Tarbat
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Ormiston
Events
- 11 March — Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- 23 March — James Francis Edward Stuart unsuccessfully tries to land at Burntisland on the Firth of Forth with a French fleet.[1]
- 30 April—7 July — British general election: New Scottish Westminster constituencies are used for the first time.
- 1 May — Privy Council of Scotland abolished.[2]
- Treason Act harmonises the law of high treason in Scotland with that of England.
- Chairs of Moral Philosophy and of Logic & Metaphysics established in the University of Edinburgh. Regent system of teaching here abolished.[2]
Births
- 15 February — Alexander Hume-Campbell, nobleman and politician (died 1760)
- 8 March — John Campbell, author (died 1775)
- Thomas Gillespie, Presbyterian minister and founder of the Relief Church (died 1774)
- Probable date - William Guthrie, historian (died 1770)
Deaths
- 21 June — John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, anti-Union politician (born 1656; died in London)
- 10 October — David Gregory, mathematician and astronomer (born 1659)
- 16 November — Alexander Edward, Episcopalian minister, architect and landscape designer (born 1651)
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References
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