1712 in Scotland

Centuries:	16th; 17th; 18th; 19th; 20th;
Decades:	1690s; 1700s; 1710s; 1720s; 1730s;
See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 1712 in: Great Britain • Wales • Elsewhere

Events from the year 1712 in Scotland.

Incumbents

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

12 March – Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet, politician (died 1790)
25 September – James Veitch, Lord Elliock, judge, politician and landowner (died 1793)
26 September – Alexander Hamilton, physician and satirical writer in colonial Maryland (died 1756)
8 October – Alison Cockburn, née Rutherford, poet, wit and socialite (died 1794)
21 October – James Steuart, economist (died 1780)^[2]
22 October – James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn (born, and died 1789, in England)

12 July – Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland 1658–59 (born 1626, and died, in England)
23 September – Thomas Halyburton, theologian (born 1674)
15 November – James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Premier Peer of Scotland (born 1658; killed in a celebrated duel in England)