1720 in Scotland
Events from the year 1720 in Scotland.
Incumbents
Law officers
- Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet, then Robert Dundas
- Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas, then Walter Stewart
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange
Events
- A great storm cuts Rattray, Aberdeenshire, off from the open sea, creating the Loch of Strathbeg.
- The Caledonian Mercury newspaper begins publication in Edinburgh.
- Food riots in east coast towns from January to March.
Births
- 31 December – Charles Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the British throne