• Source: 1695 in Scotland

      • Events from the year 1695 in the Kingdom of Scotland.


      Incumbents


      Monarch – William II
      Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair (until dismissed after Glencoe enquiry), jointly with James Johnston


      = Law officers

      =
      Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
      Solicitor General for Scotland – ??


      = Judiciary

      =
      Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair (died in November)
      Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
      Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston


      Events


      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


      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


      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


      Timeline of Scottish history


      References

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