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1714 in Scotland

1714
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Events from the year 1714 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Law officers

Judiciary

Events

  • July โ€“ first Catholic seminary in Britain opens at Eilean Bร n on Loch Morar.[1]
  • August 1 โ€“ George Ludwig, Elector of Hanover, succeeds his distant relative Queen Anne as King George I of Great Britain. This event becomes the catalyst to the Jacobite risings. Jacobite supporters of James Stuart as heir to the throne began to organise after Queen Anne died, ending the blood line of House of Stuart and resulting in the succession of George of Hanover.[2]
  • Commissioners of Police for Scotland appointed.
  • The first Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, William Forbes, is appointed.
  • Kirkcaldy Brick and Tile Works established on the Links.

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Story of Eilean Ban". RC Diocese of Argyll & the Isles. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ Creed, Walter (December 2016). "Rhetoric of heroic loyalty: Portrayals of Scottish Jacobites as rebels, reprobates and romantics". Rhetoric of Heroic Loyalty: Portrayals of Scottish Jacobites as Rebels, Reprobates and Romantics: 4โ€“5 – via ProQuest.
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