Events from the year 1727 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Secretary of State for Scotland The secretary of state for Scotland ( gd, Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba; sco, Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Scottish secretary, is a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state in the Government of the Unit ...

: ''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

* 31 May – the

Royal Bank of Scotland The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS; gd, Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba) is a major retail and commercial bank in Scotland. It is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of NatWest Group, together with NatWest (in England and Wales) and Ulster Bank ...

is founded by Royal Charter in Edinburgh. Co-founder Lord Ilay is its first governor. *

Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland During the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution, Scottish industrial policy was made by the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland, which sought to build an economy complementary, not competitive, with ...

established. * An old woman known as Janet (Jenny) Horne of Loth,

Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...

, becomes the last alleged witch in the British Isles to be executed when she is burned at the stake in

Dornoch Dornoch (; gd, Dòrnach ; sco, Dornach) is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the Moray ...

. (Some sources give the date as June 1722.) * Outbreak of smallpox on Hirta. * The first Palladian villa in Scotland,

Mavisbank House Mavisbank is a country house outside Loanhead, south of Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. It was designed by architect William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, and was constructed between 1723 and 1727. The fir ...

, designed by William Adam in collaboration with his client, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, is completed.

Births

* 7 September – William Smith, Episcopalian priest and theologian, first provost of the University of Pennsylvania, poet and historian (died

1803 in the United States Events from the year 1803 in the United States. Incumbents Federal Government * President: Thomas Jefferson ( DR-Virginia) * Vice President: Aaron Burr ( DR- New York) * Chief Justice: John Marshall (Virginia) * Speaker of the House of R ...

) *

Niel Gow Niel Gow (1727 – 1 March 1807) was the most famous Scottish fiddler of the eighteenth century. Early life Gow was born in Strathbraan, Perthshire, in 1727, as the son of John Gow and Catherine McEwan. The family moved to Inver in Perthshi ...

, fiddler (died

1807 Events January–March * January 7 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland issues an Order in Council prohibiting British ships from trading with France or its allies. * January 20 – The Sierra Leone Company, faced with b ...

)

Deaths

Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw Elizabeth, Lady Wardlaw (1677–1727) was a Scottish poet and the reputed author of the ballad ''Hardyknute''. Biography Elizabeth was born on 15 April 1677, the second daughter of Sir Charles Halket, baronet, of Pitfirran, Fife, and his wife Ja ...

, ballad writer (born

1677 Events January–March * January 1 – Jean Racine's tragedy ''Phèdre'' is first performed, in Paris. * January 21 – The first medical publication in America (a pamphlet on smallpox) is produced in Boston. * February 15 ...

)

References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland 1720s in Scotland