1699 in Scotland
1699 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1699 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 – James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford (from 31 January)
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland – Sir Patrick Hume
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston, then Lord Pollok
Events[edit]
12 January – James Sutherland is appointed first Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and first King’s Botanist.
2 March – The Edinburgh Gazette is first published.- July – Darien scheme: The colony of New Edinburgh on the Gulf of Darién is abandoned; the colonists set out to return to Scotland.
- September – Darien scheme: The second expedition to Darien sets sail, unaware of the failure of the first.
23 September – A total solar eclipse affects the North-East of the country, including Wick.
Births[edit]
2 February – Hugh MacDonald, bishop (died 1773)
13 April – Alexander Ross, poet (died 1784)
17 April – Robert Blair, poet (died 1746)
19 April – John Farquharson, Jesuit (died 1746)
31 May – Alexander Cruden, Biblical scholar (died 1770 in London)
date unknown
John Dalrymple, Member of Parliament for Wigtown Burghs, 1728–34 (died 1742)
William Ged, goldsmith, inventor of stereotyping (died 1782)
Deaths[edit]
29 November – Patrick Gordon, general in the Russian Army (born 1635)
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
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