1732 in Scotland

Events from the year 1732 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

 * This year's General Assembly of the Church of Scotland gives rise to the First Secession of 1733.
 * Construction of a new Haddo House near Tarves in Aberdeenshire for William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, by William Adam in Georgian Palladian style begins.

Births

 * 21 February – William Falconer, poet (lost at sea c.1770)
 * 21 July – James Adam, architect (died 1794 in England)
 * 6 October – John Broadwood, piano maker (died 1812 in England)

Deaths

 * 20 May – Thomas Boston, church leader (born 1676)