1682 in Scotland

none 1682 Events from the year 1682 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Monarch – Charles II Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Sir David Falconer from 5 June Lord Justice General – George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen; James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth Lord Justice Clerk – Sir Richard Maitland Events 11 February – 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.Brewer E. Cobham The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Avenel Books 1978 1894 Edwinstowe 0-517-25921-4 17 Chair of Professor of Humanity created at the University of Glasgow. Probable date – Inuit seen in Orkney.The Inuit Discovery of Scotland in 1682 jardine's book of martyrs 2018-07-07 https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2015/07/26/the-inuit-discovery-of-scotland-in-1682/ Ongoing – The Killing Time. Births April – James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, nobleman and statesman (died 1742) June (in England) – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier (died 1761) 24 October – William Aikman, portrait painter (died 1731) 23 December – James Gibbs, architect (died 1754) Deaths 6 May (in wreck of HMS Gloucester)The Correspondence of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon and of his brother Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester Narrative From Sir John Berry, Knight, Late Commander of His Majesty's Ship Gloucester Robert Ker, 3rd Earl of Roxburghe (born c. 1658) Sir John Hope of Hopetoun 24 August (in England) – John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, politician (born 1616) David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, cavalry officer (born c.1600) See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1682 in England References collapsed 1682 Category:Years of the 17th century in Scotland Scotland