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HOW IT WORKS
1695 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1695 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
.
←
1694
1693
1692
1691
1690
1695
in
Scotland
→
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700
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:
England
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Monarch
–
William II
Secretary of State
–
John Dalrymple, Master of Stair
(until dismissed after Glencoe enquiry), jointly with
James Johnston
Law officers
edit
Lord Advocate
–
Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland
– ??
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Lord Stair
(died in November)
Lord Justice General
–
Lord Lothian
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Lord Ormiston
Events
edit
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
edit
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
edit
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
edit
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit