1692 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1692 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch – William II and Mary II
- Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, with James Johnston (from 3 March)
Law officers[]
- Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple, then Sir James Stewart
- Solicitor General for Scotland – ??
Judiciary[]
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
- Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk – , then Lord Ormiston
Events[]
- 13 February – Massacre of Glencoe: Men of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot under the command of Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon massacre 38 Jacobite-sympathising MacDonald of Glencoe from whom they have previously accepted hospitality.[1]
Births[]
- May – James Stirling mathematician, (died 1770)
- 25 May – Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar, peer, mortally wounded at the Battle of Sheriffmuir (died 1715)
- date unknown –
Deaths[]
- 20 March – George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, nobleman and soldier (born )
- 2 April – Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, baillie and Treasurer of the City of Edinburgh (born 1595)
- 14 May – Robert Kirk, minister, Gaelic scholar and folklorist (born )
- 3 August –
- Hugh Mackay, general, died at the Battle of Steenkerque (born )
- James Douglas, Earl of Angus, nobleman and soldier, died at the Battle of Steenkerque (born )
See also[]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[]
- ^ Prebble, John (1966). Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre. London: Secker & Warburg.
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