1635 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1635 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

Monarch

Monarch – Charles I

Judiciary

Lord President of the Court of Session – Robert Spottiswood
Lord Justice General – William Elphinstone
Lord Justice Clerk – James Carmichael of the Ilk

Events

May – Without consulting the Parliament of Scotland, Charles I authorized a new Book of Canons, which among others made him the head of the Church of Scotland.^[1]

Full dates unknown

Construction of Malleny House and Garden was initiated.
Earliest recorded establishment of a lighthouse in Isle of May.^[2]
Publication of the 1635 edition of Scottish Psalter.

Births

10 April – Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (died 1699)
5 August – George Martine, Scottish historian (died 1712)
28 December – Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Charles I (died 1650)

Full dates unknown

Kenneth Mackenzie, Scottish noble (died 1678)
George Douglas, Scottish general (died 1692)
Michael Bruce, Scottish clergy (died 1693)
Alexander Gordon, Scottish royalist who emigrated to North America (died 1697)
Katherine Ross, Scottish educator (died 1697)
Archibald Riddell, Scottish clergy (died 1708)
George Hamilton, Scottish clergy (died 1712)
James Stewart, Scottish politician (died 1713)
George Haliburton, Scottish clergy (died 1715)
Walter Gibson, Scottish merchant and politician (died 1723)

Deaths

1 January – Patrick Anderson, Scottish physician (born 1618)
28 March – Patrick Forbes, Scottish bishop (born 1564)
17 July – Robert Echlin, Scottish clergy (born 1576)
28 October – William Keith, Scottish noble and general (born 1585)

Full dates unknown

William Seton of Kylesmure, Scottish politician (born 1562)
Walter Stewart, Scottish clergy (born 1568)
John Auchmoutie, Scottish politician (born 1580)

See also

Notes and References

Book: Brown, Peter Hume . History of Scotland to the Present Time: From the accession of Mary Stewart to the Revolution of 1689 . 1911 . University Press . 234 . en.
Web site: Isle of May Lighthouse . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915094557/http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/isleofmay.htm . 2008-09-15 . 2023-10-28 . Northern Lighthouse Board.