1635 in Scotland

Events from the year 1635 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

Monarch

• Monarch – Charles I

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Robert Spottiswood
• Lord Justice General – William Elphinstone
• Lord Justice Clerk – James Carmichael of the Ilk

Events

• May – Without consulting the Parliament of Scotland, Charles I authorized a new Book of Canons, which among others made him the head of the Church of Scotland.

Full dates unknown

• Construction of Malleny House and Garden was initiated.
• Earliest recorded establishment of a lighthouse in Isle of May.
• Publication of the 1635 edition of Scottish Psalter.

Births

• 10 April – Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (died 1699)
• 5 August – George Martine, Scottish historian (died 1712)
• 28 December – Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of Charles I (died 1650)

Full dates unknown

• Kenneth Mackenzie, Scottish noble (died 1678)
• George Douglas, Scottish general (died 1692)
• Michael Bruce, Scottish clergy (died 1693)
• Alexander Gordon, Scottish royalist who emigrated to North America (died 1697)
• Katherine Ross, Scottish educator (died 1697)
• Archibald Riddell, Scottish clergy (died 1708)
• George Hamilton, Scottish clergy (died 1712)
• James Stewart, Scottish politician (died 1713)
• George Haliburton, Scottish clergy (died 1715)
• Walter Gibson, Scottish merchant and politician (died 1723)

Deaths

• 1 January – Patrick Anderson, Scottish physician (born 1618)
• 28 March – Patrick Forbes, Scottish bishop (born 1564)
• 17 July – Robert Echlin, Scottish clergy (born 1576)
• 28 October – William Keith, Scottish noble and general (born 1585)

Full dates unknown

• William Seton of Kylesmure, Scottish politician (born 1562)
• Walter Stewart, Scottish clergy (born 1568)
• John Auchmoutie, Scottish politician (born 1580)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1679 in England

References