1695 in Scotland

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1695
in
Scotland

Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1695 in: EnglandElsewhere

Events from the year 1695 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchWilliam II
  • Secretary of StateJohn Dalrymple, Master of Stair (until dismissed after Glencoe enquiry), jointly with James Johnston

Law officers[]

  • Lord AdvocateSir James Stewart
  • Solicitor General for Scotland – ??

Judiciary[]

  • Lord President of the Court of SessionLord Stair (died in November)
  • Lord Justice GeneralLord Lothian
  • Lord Justice ClerkLord Ormiston

Events[]

  • 2 July – 1 September – Scottish regiments are involved in the Siege of Namur
  • 17 JulyParliament passes the act to establish the Bank of Scotland
  • Carron Bridge built

Births[]

  • 1 AugustJohn Rutherford, physician and professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School (died 1779)
  • 5 OctoberJohn Glas, clergyman who started the Glasite church movement (died 1773)
  • 4 NovemberJohn 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[]

  • 13 AprilJames Drummond bishop (born )
  • 15 MayPatrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, peer, (born )
  • 29 NovemberJames Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, lawyer and statesman, (born )
  • date unknown
    • William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry, politician (born )

See also[]

  • Timeline of Scottish history

References[]


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