1609 in Scotland
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Timeline of Scottish history
1609 in: England • Elsewhere
Events in the year 1609 in Scotland .
Incumbents
[edit ]Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
Events
[edit ]- Establishment of the titles of Lord Dingwall and Lord Cranstoun, two titles in the Peerage of Scotland
- Passing of the Statutes of Iona
Births
[edit ]- John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1679).[1]
Deaths
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- 8 April – Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian, nobleman and politician (b. 1553)
- 2 September – Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (b. 1567)
- 4 December – Alexander Hume, poet (born c.1560)
Full date missing
[edit ]- Jean Fleming, noblewoman (b. 1553/34)
- Patrick Hume of Polwarth, courtier and makar (born c.1550)
- James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran (born c.1532)
References
[edit ]- ^ Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Gordon, John (1609-1663)" . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.