1693 in Scotland
# 1693 in Scotland

Events from the year 1693 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – William II and Mary II
* Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, jointly with James Johnston

### Law officers

* Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
* Solicitor General for Scotland – ??

### Judiciary

* Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
* Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
* Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston

## Events

* 14 June – Parliament turns its attention to an 'Act for Encouraging of Forraigne Trade' – that would lead to the Darien Scheme
* Start of the "seven ill years" of famine in Scotland

## Births

date unknown –

* John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, soldier and Member of Parliament (died 1770)

## Deaths

* 9 April – Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras, nobleman (born 1644)
* 15 May – John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, peer (born c.1640)

date unknown

* Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, peer (born 1604)
* George Munro, 1st of Newmore, soldier and member of parliament 1602)
