Events in the year 1608 in Scotland.
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Incumbents
Events
Architecture
- May 8 – Works by Bevis Bulmer commence at a newly nationalized silver mine at Hilderston, West Lothian.[1]
- Tullibole Castle constructed
Sport
- The Lanark Silver Bell (horse racing trophy) established
Births
- James Steuart of Coltness, merchant, banker, landowner, politician and Covenanter (d. 1681).[2]
Deaths
- 26 February – Thomas Craig, jurist and poet (born c.1538)
- 15 May – Archibald Napier landowner and official, master of the Scottish mint and seventh Laird of Merchiston (b. 1534)
- 9 November – John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose, peer, Chancellor of the University of St Andrews and Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland (b. 1548).[3]
Full date missing
- George Bannatyne, merchant, collector of Scottish poems (b. 1545)
- Alexander Campbell of Carco, noble and prelate
- William Barclay, jurist (b. 1546)
References
- ^ Samuel Lythe, The Economy of Scotland in Its European Setting, 1550-1625 (Edinburgh, 1960), pp. 55-6.
- ^ "Sir James Steuart of Coltness (1608–1681), Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1648–1650 & 1658–1660) | Art UK | Discover Artworks Sir James Steuart of Coltness (1608–1681), Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1648–1650 & 1658–1660)". artuk.org. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "Graham, John (1547?-1608)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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