1608_in_Scotland
1608 in Scotland
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Events in the year 1608 in Scotland.
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Further information: Politics of Scotland and Order of precedence in Scotland
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
- James Steuart of Coltness, merchant, banker, landowner, politician and Covenanter (d. 1681).[2]
- 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]
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- George Bannatyne, merchant, collector of Scottish poems (b. 1545)
- Alexander Campbell of Carco, noble and prelate
- William Barclay, jurist (b. 1546)
- Samuel Lythe, The Economy of Scotland in Its European Setting, 1550-1625 (Edinburgh, 1960), pp. 55-6.
- Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Graham, John (1547?-1608)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.