1718 in Scotland
Events from the year 1718 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events
- Damask linen industry established at Dunfermline by James Blake and at Drumsheugh.
- Marrow Controversy, an ecclesiastical dispute.
- Old Calton Burial Ground established on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, by the Society of the Incorporated Trades of Calton.Edinburgh Evening Courant newspaper launched.
- First passage to America of a ship built on the Clyde, and belonging to Glasgow.
- Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany at the University of Glasgow established.
Births
- 18 February – Robert Henry, historian
- 7 April – Hugh Blair, Presbyterian preacher and man of letters
- 29 April – Robert Sandeman, theologian
- 23 May – William Hunter, anatomist and obstetrician
Deaths
- 1 May – Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, of Minto, judge, politician and writer