1707 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1707 in the Kingdom of Scotland, then Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Anne (until 1 May; Scotland and England unite)
• Secretary of State: Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun, jointly with The Earl of Mar (post abolished at Act of Union)
• Secretary of State for Scotland, from 1 May, when the post was created: The Earl of Mar

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
• Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
• Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston

Events

• 16 January – Parliament of Scotland passes the Union with England Act.
• 19 March – official copy of the Act of Union signed by the Scottish Chancellor^[1] and the Act is ratified by the Parliament of England.
• 25 March–28 April – last sitting of Parliament of Scotland in Edinburgh until it is revived in 1999 as the Scottish Parliament.
• 25 April – a large school of whales appears in the Firth of Forth; 35 strand on the sands of Kirkcaldy.^[1]
• 1 May – the new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single united Kingdom of Great Britain^[2] and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain.^[3] The Equivalent, a sum of £398,000, is paid to Scotland by the English government. The Honours of Scotland are locked away in Edinburgh Castle.
• Ormacleit Castle on South Uist is first occupied by Allan Macdonald, chief of Clanranald, and his family.

Births

• 10 April – John Pringle, physician (died 1782 in London)
• 20 April – Robert Foulis, printer and publisher (died 1776)
• 22 June (bapt.) – Elizabeth Blackwell, botanic writer and illustrator (died 1758 in London)
• 5 September – John Forbes, British Army general (died 1759 in Philadelphia)

Date unknown

• Archibald Cameron of Lochiel, physician and last Jacobite to be executed for high treason (hanged 1753 in London)

Deaths

• 8 January – John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, politician (born 1648)
• 10 March – James Carnegie, Member of the Parliament of Scotland
• 17 March – William Hay, bishop (born 1647)
• 2 June – Mary Erskine, businesswoman and philanthropist

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. Web site: Notable Dates in History. The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. 2016-02-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm. 26 January 2016. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Changes in legislative authority. The evolution of Parliament. Parliament of the United Kingdom. London. 2016-02-27.
3. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 291.