1694 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1694 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Mary IIuntil 28 December, then as sole monarch.
- Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, jointly with James Johnston
Law officers
- Sir James Stewart
- Solicitor General for Scotland – ??
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
- Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston
Events
- Vicar Apostolic of Scotland[1]
- Culbin Sands over a large area of farmland, in the County of Moray. The village of Culbin was buried and abandoned.[2]
Births
- )
- 15 October – Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas, nobleman (died 1761)
date unknown
- Sir Robert Douglas, 6th Baronet, genealogist (died 1760)
Deaths
- Convention of Edinburgh which offered the Scottish crown to William and Mary in March 1689 (born 1634)
- 25 July – Robert Fleming, Presbyterian minister (born 1630)
- 1662)
See also
References
- ^ History and Archives Archived 3 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine www.rcag.org.uk, accessed 28 April 2013
- ^ Brown, Paul (19 October 2020). "How a storm-stricken Scottish village was swallowed by sand". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2022.