1712 in Scotland

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.{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|work=The Scots Independent|access-date=2016-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=dead}}

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){{cite web |title=Sir James Steuart Denham, 4th Baronet {{!}} Scottish economist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-James-Steuart-Denham-4th-Baronet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en}}
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)