Events in the year 1609 in Scotland.
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Incumbents edit
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 edit
- 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). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.