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1682 in Scotland
Events from the year
1682 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
.
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Charles II
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session
âÂÂ
Sir David Falconer
from 5 June
Lord Justice General
âÂÂ
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen
;
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
Lord Justice Clerk
âÂÂ
Sir Richard Maitland
Events
11 February
âÂÂ
William Douglas
is elevated to the rank of
Marquess of Queensberry
in the
Peerage of Scotland
.
Advocates Library
is founded as the
law library
of the
Faculty of Advocates
in Edinburgh.
Chair of
Professor of Humanity
created at the
University of Glasgow
.
Probable date âÂÂ
Inuit
seen in
Orkney
.
Ongoing âÂÂ
The Killing Time
.
Births
April âÂÂ
James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose
, nobleman and statesman (died
1742
)
June (in England) âÂÂ
Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll
, nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier (died
1761
)
24 October
âÂÂ
William Aikman
, portrait painter (died
1731
)
23 December
âÂÂ
James Gibbs
, architect (died
1754
)
Deaths
6 May
(in wreck of
HMS
Gloucester
)
Robert Ker, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe
(born c. 1658)
Sir John Hope of Hopetoun
24 August
(in England) âÂÂ
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale
, politician (born
1616
)
David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark
, cavalry officer (born c.1600)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
1682 in England
References