Events from the year 1730 in Scotland.

Incumbents

* Secretary of State for Scotland: ''vacant''

Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden, Duncan Forbes * Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, Lord Murkle, John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald, Charles Erskine

Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Hew Dalrymple, Lord North Berwick, Lord North Berwick * Lord Justice General – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Lord Ilay * Lord Justice Clerk – James Erskine, Lord Grange, Lord Grange

Events

* 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him. * The Glasgow Linen Society is formed. * Francis Hutcheson (philosopher), Francis Hutcheson takes office as Professor of Moral Philosophy (Glasgow), Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, where he will lecture in English rather than Latin. * Iron smelting at Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Abernethy using ore from Tomintoul. * Perth, Scotland, Perth–Dunkeld–Inverness road completed. * Lebanon cedar tree introduced to Scotland.

Births

* 14 December – James Bruce, explorer of the Nile (died 1794 in Scotland, 1794) * John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, governor of the Province of New York (died 1809 in England) * Probable year – Charlotte Lennox, novelist and poet (born in Gibraltar; died 1804 in England)

Deaths

* 25 December – Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, army officer (born 1676) * James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale, art collector (born c. 1687/8; died in Italy)

The arts

* James Thomson (poet, born 1700), James Thomson's poem cycle ''The Seasons (Thomson), The Seasons'' is first published complete.

References

{{Years in Scotland , state=collapsed 1730 in Scotland, Years of the 18th century in Scotland 1730 in Great Britain, Scotland 1730s in Scotland