1713 in Scotland

Events from the year 1713 in Scotland.

Incumbents

• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Earl of Mar

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
• Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange

Events

• December – the post of Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow is established, considered as the foundation of the University of Glasgow School of Law.
• The main radial roads into Edinburgh are turnpiked.

Births

• 25 May – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1792 in England)
• 13 October – Allan Ramsay, portrait painter (died 1784 in England)

Deaths

• 20 October – Archibald Pitcairne, physician, classical scholar and satirist (born 1652)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

References