1701 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1701 Events from the year 1701 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – William II Secretary of State – James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Pollok Events 14 March – all illegal cargoes of grain brought to the west of Scotland from Ireland are ordered to be sunk.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm The Flag in the Wind The Scots Independent 2016-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm 26 January 2016 dead dmy-all 21 June – title of Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland created in favour of Archibald Campbell. 28 June – title of Myrton Baronetcy, of Gogar in the County of Edinburgh in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia created in favour of Andrew Myrton.Leigh Rayment's list of baronets http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20191021184256/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm 2019-10-21 dead 16 September (N.S.) – on the death of the deposed King James VII of Scotland in exile at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France, his son James Francis Edward Stuart declares himself James VIII (and III of England and Ireland). Act "for preventing wrongous Imprisonments and against undue delayes in Tryals" gives effect to habeas corpus in Scotland and confirms the power of procurators fiscal to prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the Crown.c.6; https://archive.today/20120805175513/http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/content.aspx?ActiveTextDocId=1519689 Full text of the Act; given short title of Criminal Procedure Act 1701 by the Statute Law Revision (Scotland) Act 1964. Title of Marquess of Annandale in the Peerage of Scotland created in favour of William Johnstone, who is also this year Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Cairnryan established. Births 15 March – John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, diplomat (died 1767) 4 May – William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (died 1764 in Bath) 11 June – David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk (died 1741) 4 August – Thomas Blackwell, classical scholar (died 1757) Deaths January – Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth (born 1661) April – David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (year of birth unknown) 23 May – William Kidd, privateer (born c. 1645; hanged at Execution Dock in London) 7 June – Gilbert Rule, nonconformist divine and Principal of the University of Edinburgh (born c. 1629) June – Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (year of birth unknown) 23 July – John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis (born 1653) 16 September – King James VII of Scotland (born 1633) 1 November – Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray (born 1634) See also Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed 1701 Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Category:1700s in Scotland Scotland