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List of events
Events from the year 1721 in Scotland .
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
Births
21 January –
James Murray , military officer and colonial administrator (died
1794 )
[3]
5 March –
John Adam , architect (died
1792 )
[4]
19 March (baptized) –
Tobias Smollett , novelist (died 1771 in Tuscany)
[5]
24 June –
Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone , judge (died
1793 )
[6]
14 July –
John Douglas , Anglican bishop of Salisbury and man of letters (died 1807 in England)
[7]
19 September –
William Robertson , historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (died
1793 )
[8]
3 October –
John Skinner , Episcopalian minister, historian, poet and songwriter (died
1807 )
[9]
5 October –
William Wilkie , Presbyterian minister, natural philosopher and poet (died
1772 )
[10]
6 December –
James Elphinston , philologist (died 1809 in England)
[11]
Earliest likely date –
James Grainger , physician, poet and translator (died 1766 in the West Indies)
[12]
Deaths
See also
References
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"John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (c.1680–1741), Soldier and Secretary of State for Scotland (1716–1725)" . artuk.org . Retrieved 28 April 2018 .
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"DUNDAS, Robert (1685-1753), of Arniston, Edinburgh" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . Retrieved 28 April 2018 .
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"James Murray - British soldier and official" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved 28 April 2018 .
^ Skempton, A. W.; Chrimes, Mike (2002).
A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500-1830 . Thomas Telford. p. 5.
ISBN
9780727729392 .
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"National Records of Scotland" . www.nrscotland.gov.uk . 31 May 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2018 .
^ Barker, G. F. R. (23 September 2004).
"Garden, Francis, Lord Gardenstone (1721–1793), judge" . In McConnell, Anita (ed.).
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/10349 . Retrieved 28 April 2018 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Douglas, John (1721–1807), bishop of Salisbury and writer" .
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/7908 . Retrieved 28 April 2018 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Biography of William Robertson" . universitystory.gla.ac.uk . Retrieved 28 April 2018 .
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"Skinner, John (1721–1807), songwriter and ecclesiastical historian" .
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/25678 . Retrieved 28 April 2018 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Wilkie, William (1721–1772), Church of Scotland minister and poet" .
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/29414 . Retrieved 28 April 2018 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"Elphinston, James (1721–1809), educationist and advocate of spelling reform" .
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/8738 . Retrieved 28 April 2018 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
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"James Grainger" . www.royalacademy.org.uk . Retrieved 28 April 2018 .
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