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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1730 }}Events from the year 1730 in Scotland. Incumbents {{further|Politics of Scotland|Order of precedence in Scotland}}- Monarch – George II
- Secretary of State for Scotland: 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 - 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.[1]
- The Glasgow Linen Society is formed.
- Francis Hutcheson takes office as Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, where he will lecture in English rather than Latin.[2]
- Iron smelting at Abernethy using ore from Tomintoul.[2]
- Perth-Dunkeld-Inverness road completed.[2]
- Lebanon cedar tree introduced to Scotland.[2]
Births - 14 December – James Bruce, explorer of the Nile (died 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's poem cycle The Seasons is first published complete.[2]
See also {{Portal|Scotland}}- Timeline of Scottish history
References 1. ^{{cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|first=William L. R.|last=Cates|authorlink=William Leist Readwin Cates|year=1863}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|first=David|last=Ross|title=Chronology of Scottish History|publisher=Geddes & Grosset|location=New Lanark|year=2002|isbn=1-85534-380-0}}
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