1710 in Scotland

Events from the year 1710 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Queensberry

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
 * Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat until 23 October; then Lord Ilay
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston, then Lord Grange

Events

 * Dry stone dykes (i.e. walls) built in Galloway to enclose land on a large scale.
 * Dancing 'assemblies' in Edinburgh begin.

Births

 * 15 April – William Cullen, physician, chemist and agriculturalist (died 1790)
 * 25 April – James Ferguson, astronomer, instrument and globe maker (died 1776)

Deaths

 * 1 January – William Bruce, architect (born 1630)
 * 1 June – David Mitchell, admiral (born 1642)
 * 20 September – John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford, nobleman and politician (born 1638)
 * 10 December – Robert Mylne, the last Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland (born 1633)