1698 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1698 Events from the year 1698 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – William II Secretary of State – John Murray, Earl of Tullibardine (until 31 March 1698), jointly with James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart Solicitor General for Scotland – Sir Patrick Hume Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – vacant?? until 17 March, then Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston Events Famine in the Borders leads to continued Scottish Presbyterian migration from Scotland to Ulster. 14 July – first expedition sets sail as part of the Darien scheme.John Prebble John Prebble The Darien Disaster: A Scots Colony in the New World, 1698-1700 https://archive.org/details/dariendisastersc00preb registration Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1968John Prebble Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire Edinburgh Birlinn 2000 1-84158-054-6 November – colony of New Caledonia established on the Isthmus of Panama. Births February – Colin Maclaurin, mathematician (died 1746) 11 July – George Turnbull, philosopher, theologian, teacher and writer (died 1748) date unknown Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, Gaelic poet (died 1770) Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, landowner, Privy Counsellor and Vice Admiral of Scotland (died 1778) John Gow, pirate (executed in London 1725) Deaths John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes, Army officer (died 1767) See also Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed 1698 Category:Years of the 17th century in Scotland Category:1690s in Scotland Scotland