1712 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Anne
• Secretary of State for Scotland: The Earl of Mar

  Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
• Solicitor General for Scotland – Thomas Kennedy jointly with Sir James Steuart, Bt.

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
• Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange

  Events

• 3 March – Scottish Episcopalians Act 1711 comes into effect, leading to incorporation of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
• 1 May – the Church Patronage Act 1711 comes into effect.
• 3 October – warrant issued for the arrest of outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor by Sir James Stewart at the instigation of James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose.

  Births

• 12 March – Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet, politician
• 25 September – James Veitch, Lord Elliock, judge, politician and landowner
• 26 September – Alexander Hamilton, physician and satirical writer in colonial Maryland
• 8 October – Alison Cockburn, née Rutherford, poet, wit and socialite
• 21 October – James Steuart, economist
• 22 October – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn

  Deaths

• 12 July – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1658–59
• 23 September – Thomas Halyburton, theologian
• 15 November – James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Premier Peer of Scotland