1691 in Scotland
Events from the year 1691 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1691 in: England • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Incumbents
- Monarch – William II and Mary II
- Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair
Law officers
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)
gollark: We should retool basic education around more practical stuff, problem-solving, rationality, statistics, probability, sort of thing, in my opinion, not "spend 5 hours writing an essay on some nonsense about a poem".
gollark: Ignorance is just not knowing stuff, so yes it can.
gollark: I feel like uneducated masses would function worse.
gollark: Yes, that would be good.
gollark: Why not just actually divide classes by ability/interest instead?
See also
References
- The Massacre of Glencoe Archived 28 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine www.educationscotland.gov.uk, accessed 29 April 2013
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