1706 in Scotland

Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Anne

• Secretary of State – Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, jointly with John Erskine, 6th 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

• April – commissioners assemble in London to agree a Treaty of Union between Scotland and England.
• 22 July – Treaty of Union agreed in London.
• c. September – Daniel Defoe is sent to Edinburgh as an English government agent to promote ratification of the Treaty of Union.
• 3 October – opening of the Parliament of Scotland which will debate the Union.
• 19 October – an Edinburgh mob opposed to the Union threatens the Lord Provost.
• 4 November – the Parliament of Scotland votes in favour of the Union with England Act by 116 votes to 83.
• 6 November – a Glasgow mob opposed to the Union threatens the Lord Provost.
• 20 November – a copy of the Treaty of Union is burnt publicly in Dumfries.
• Lord Archibald Campbell is created 1st Earl of Ilay.

Births

• 1 April – Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck judge (died 1782)

Date unknown

• James Abercrombie British Army general (died 1781)
• Walter Goodall, writer (died 1766)
• John Maule, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1781)
• William Stewart, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1748)

Deaths

• 25 August – Lord John Hay, soldier (born )

Date unknown

• Sir John Hay of Alderston, 1st Baronet

The arts

• A Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems both ancient and modern, by several hands edited by James Watson begins publication in Edinburgh.

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

References