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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1725 }}Events from the year 1725 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}- Monarch – George I
- Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe, until August; office vacant thereafter
Law officers - Lord Advocate – Robert Dundas,then Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland – John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Binning; then 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 - 12 May – the Black Watch is raised as a military company as part of the pacification of the Highlands under General George Wade.[1]
- 22 June – malt riots in Glasgow against higher taxes on Scottish malt used in the production of distilled beverages.[2] Wade's troops enter the city.
- August – John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, resigns as Secretary of State for Scotland; the post remains vacant until 1742.
- A second Disarming Act is passed as part of the pacification of the Highlands.
- One of the earliest examples of a steam pump in Scotland is installed for draining coal mines at Edmonstone in Midlothian.[3]
- Barony of Calton, including Calton Hill, purchased by the city of Edinburgh.
- James Anderson of Stobcross House feues out land near Glasgow for weavers cottages;[4] the area is named Anderson Town in his honour, later becoming Anderston.
Births - 6 March – Henry Benedict Stuart, cardinal and Jacobite claimant to the British throne (born, and died 1807, in Italy)
- 17 March – Lachlan McIntosh, military and political leader in America (died 1806 in the United States)
- 10 November – John Hope, physician and botanist (died 1786)
Deaths - 8 October – Sir William Scott of Thirlestane, lawyer and neo-Latin poet (born 1645)
- Alexander Nisbet, heraldist (born 1657)
The arts- Poet James Thomson moves to London.
- Allan Ramsay publishes The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots pastoral comedy.
- William Thomson compiles Orpheus Caledonius: or a Collection of the Best Scotch Songs.
See also {{Portal|Scotland}}- Timeline of Scottish history
References 1. ^{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|work=The Flag in the Wind|publisher=The Scots Independent|accessdate=2016-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|archive-date=26 January 2016|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Chronology of Scottish History|work=A Timeline of Scottish History|publisher=Rampant Scotland|url=http://www.rampantscotland.com/timeline/1899.htm|accessdate=2016-02-26}}
3. ^{{cite book|authorlink=John Farey, Jr.|first=John|last=Farey|title=A Treatise on the Steam Engine|year=1827|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V3lRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228&dq=%22steam+engine%22+Airth&source=bl&ots=3_XyYi0tyF&sig=DUDYMcb2yKh1Pt6pSSaLGH0NWRA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikrPXW0LvKAhWGXhoKHXaVCmwQ6AEILzAD#v=onepage&q=%22steam%20engine%22%20Airth&f=false|volume=2|location=London|publisher=Longman|pages=228–31|accessdate=2016-01-21}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Hutton|first=Guthrie|title=Old Anderston and Finnieston|year=2007|publisher=Stenlake Publishing|location=Catrine, Ayrshire|isbn=9781840333930}}
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