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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}{{Use British English|date=January 2016}}{{Year in Scotland| 1731 }}Events from the year 1731 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 - Cumbernauld House, to designs by William Adam, is built.
- Publication in Edinburgh of The Poor Man's Physician, or The receits of the famous John Moncrief of Tippermalloch; being a choice collection of simple and easy remedies for most distempers, very useful for all persons, especially those of a poorer condition ... To which is added The method of curing the small pox and scurvy, by the eminent Dr. Archibald Pitcairn (3rd edition).[1]
Births - 1 July – Adam Duncan, admiral, victor of the Battle of Camperdown (died 1804 in Northumberland)
- date unknown – William Aiton, botanist (died 1793)
Deaths - 28 April – Robert Gordon, merchant and philanthropist (born 1668)
- 6 November – James Smith, architect (b. c.1645)
See also {{Portal|Scotland}}- Timeline of Scottish history
References 1. ^{{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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