Events from the year 1692 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

Monarch – William II and Mary II

Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, with James Johnston (from 3 March)

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Law officers

Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple, then Sir James Stewart

Solicitor General for Scotland – ??

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Judiciary

Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair

Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian

Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cessnock, then Lord Ormiston

Events

13 February – Massacre of Glencoe: Men of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot under the command of Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon massacre 38 Jacobite-sympathising MacDonald of Glencoe from whom they have previously accepted hospitality.

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Births

May – James Stirling mathematician, (died 1770) 25 May – Archibald Douglas, 2nd Earl of Forfar, peer, mortally wounded at the Battle of Sheriffmuir (died 1715) date unknown – Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, judge and Lord Justice Clerk (died 1776) George Young, surgeon, physician, philosopher and empiric (died 1757)

Deaths

20 March – George Douglas, 1st Earl of Dumbarton, nobleman and soldier (born 1635) 2 April – Sir John Lauder, 1st Baronet, baillie and Treasurer of the City of Edinburgh (born 1595) 14 May – Robert Kirk, minister, Gaelic scholar and folklorist (born 1644) 3 August – 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)

See also

Timeline of Scottish history

References

Years of the 17th century in Scotland

1690s in Scotland