Events from the year 1733 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers Lord Advocate – Duncan Forbes Solicitor General for Scotland – Charles Erskine
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events 23 April–end of October – Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, designed by William Adam, built. May–December – First Secession from the Church of Scotland.
Births 4 January – Robert Mylne, architect (died 1811 in London) 3 February – Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1805 in England) 1 May – Archibald McLean, Baptist minister (died 1812) 22 May – Alexander Monro, anatomist (died 1817) 24 December – Thomas Bell, theologian (died 1802) John Forbes, general in Portuguese service (died 1808 in Brazil) Lewis Hutchinson, serial killer (hanged 1773 in Jamaica)
Deaths January – Alexander Duncan, Episcopal Bishop of Glasgow (born c. 1655) 27 January – Patrick Vanse, Member of Parliament (born c. 1655) 31 October – David Boyle, 1st Earl of Glasgow, politician (born c. 1666) 29 December – Sir Robert Grierson, 1st Baronet (born 1655/6)
The arts William Thomson publishes Orpheus caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs.
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References