1695 in Scotland
1695 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1695 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 See also
6 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – William II
Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair (until dismissed after Glencoe enquiry), jointly with James Johnston
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland – ??
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair (died in November)
Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston
Events[edit]
2 July – 1 September – Scottish regiments are involved in the Siege of Namur
17 July – Parliament passes the act to establish the Bank of Scotland
Carron Bridge built.
Births[edit]
1 August – John Rutherford, physician and professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School (died 1779)
5 October – John Glas, clergyman who started the Glasite church movement (died 1773)
4 November – John Erskine of Carnock, jurist and professor of Scottish law at the University of Edinburgh (died 1768)
date unknown –
John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, nobleman, politician, Secretary of State for Scotland, Governor of Bank of Scotland (died 1772)
Deaths[edit]
13 April – James Drummond bishop (born 1629)
15 May – Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, peer, (born 1643)
29 November – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, lawyer and statesman, (born 1619)
date unknown –
William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry, politician (born 1637)
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
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