1707
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- Act of parliament dissolving Orkney and Shetland from the crown (see 1669), and giving them to the earl of Morton.
- Sir Alexander Douglas became MP for Orkney & Shetland
June
- 17th
Thomas Hunter of Lunna, the third Laird Hunter of Lunna House, in Lunnasting, married Grisella Bruce, daughter of Robert Bruce of Sumburgh, and widow of John Bruce of Muness. An amorial panel outside Lunna House commemorates the event.
