Duncan Forbes (1685 - 1747) was a Scottish politician and judge. Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ... Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape...

The second son of Duncan Forbes, MP for Nairn and Inveness, he studied law at Leiden University and became an advocate and sheriff of Midlothian in 1709. He was appointed depute-advocate for his services against the rebels in 1715. He was elected Member of Parliament for Inverness burghs in 1722 and was appointed Lord Advocate in 1725. Leiden University in the city of Leiden, is the oldest still existing and most famous university in the Netherlands. ... The Faculty of Advocates is the collective term by which what in England are called barristers are known in Scotland. ... Sheriff is both a political and a legal office held under English common law, Scots law or American common law, or the person who holds such office. ... Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ...

In 1737 he was raised to the bench as President of the Court of Session, where he was active in the enforcement of revenue laws, and took a prominent part in opposing punishment of Edinburgh for the Porteous Riots. He endeavoured to detach Lovat from the cause of Charles Edward Stuart, against whom he raised a force, but was obliged to fly to Skye. The Lord Justice General of Scotland is head of the High Court of Justiciary, Lord President of the Court of Session and head of the judiciary in Scotland. ... Captain John Porteous and the Edinburgh Riots (d 1736) As Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh, Captain John Porteous was charged with keeping the peace and when, in April 1736, two convicted smugglers were due to be publicly hanged, the public outcry was such that the hangman had to... Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (c. ... Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Severino Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. Charles was the son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, who was...

Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder (1713-1787) was a Scottish judge. ... Her Majestys Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh in Scots Gaelic), was the chief legal adviser of the United Kingdom Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters until the passing of the Scotland Act 1998. ... Charles Erskine (1680 - 1763) was a Scottish judge. ... The Lord Justice General of Scotland is head of the High Court of Justiciary, Lord President of the Court of Session and head of the judiciary in Scotland. ... Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder (1713-1787) was a Scottish judge. ...