1731 in Scotland

Events from the year 1731 in Scotland.

Incumbents

 * 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 receipts 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).

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)