1691 in Scotland explained

Events from the year 1691 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – William II and Mary II
• Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple
• Solicitor General for Scotland – ??

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
• Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cessnock

Events

• 27 August – King William offers the Highland clans a pardon for their part in the Jacobite rising if they agree to pledge allegiance to him before New Year's Day.^[1]

Births

• 30 April – Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine landowner and politician (died 1761)
• date unknown –
  • Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, nobleman, army officer and politician (died 1778)
  • William M'Culloch, minister (died 1771)
  • Philip Miller, botanist (died 1771)

Deaths

• 21 October – Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston, cavalier (born 1620)
• date unknown –
  • Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale, peer and statesman (born 1620)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history

Notes and References

1. http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/unioncrownsparliaments/massacreofglencoe/index.asp The Massacre of Glencoe