1692 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1692 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1692 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1692 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Monarch â William II and Mary II
- Secretary of State â John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, with James Johnston (from 3 March)
Law officers
- Lord Advocate â John Dalrymple, then Sir James Stewart
- Solicitor General for Scotland â ??
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session â Lord Stair
- Lord Justice General â Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk â Lord Cessnock, then Lord Ormiston
Events
- 13 February â Massacre of Glencoe: Men of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot under the command of Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon massacre around 30 Jacobite-sympathising MacDonald of Glencoe from whom they have previously accepted hospitality.[1]
Births
- May â James Stirling mathematician, (died 1770)
- 25 May â Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar, peer, mortally wounded at the Battle of Sheriffmuir (died 1715)
- date unknown â
- Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, judge and Lord Justice Clerk (died 1776)
- George Young, surgeon, physician, philosopher and empiric (died 1757)
Deaths
- 20 March â George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, nobleman and soldier (born 1635)
- 2 April â Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, baillie and Treasurer of the City of Edinburgh (born 1595)
- 14 May â Robert Kirk, minister, Gaelic scholar and folklorist (born 1644)
- 3 August â
- Hugh Mackay, general, died at the Battle of Steenkerque (born c.1642)
- James Douglas, Earl of Angus, nobleman and soldier, died at the Battle of Steenkerque (born 1671)
