1701 in Scotland
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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
- 16 September — On the death of the deposed King James VII of Scotland, James Francis Edward Stuart declares himself James VIII (and III of England and Ireland)
Births
- 11 June — David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk (died 1741)
- 4 August — Thomas Blackwell, scholar (died 1757)
- George Bogle of Daldowie, Rector of the University of Glasgow (died 1782)
- John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, diplomat (died 1767)
- William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (died 1764)
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, sailor executed for piracy (born c. 1645)
- 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)
- Gilbert Rule, nonconformist divine and the Principal of Edinburgh University (born c. 1629)
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References
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