Events in the year 1609 in Scotland.

Incumbents

Events

* Establishment of the titles of

Lord Dingwall Lord Dingwall is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1584 for Andrew Keith, and in 1609 for Sir Richard Preston, with remainder to his heirs whatsoever. In 1619 he was further honoured when he was made Baron Dunmore and Earl of ...

and Lord Cranstoun, two titles in the

Peerage of Scotland The Peerage of Scotland ( gd, Moraireachd na h-Alba, sco, Peerage o Scotland) is one of the five divisions of peerages in the United Kingdom and for those peers created by the King of Scots before 1707. Following that year's Treaty of Union, ...

* Passing of the

Statutes of Iona The Statutes of Iona, passed in Scotland in 1609, required that Highland Scottish clan chiefs send their heirs to Lowland Scotland to be educated in English-speaking Protestant schools. As a result, some clans, such as the MacDonalds of Sleat and ...

Births

* John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1679).

Deaths

*8 April –

Mark Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian Mark Kerr (or Ker), 1st Earl of Lothian (15538 April 1609) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He became the first Earl of Lothian in 1606. Family He was a member of the "famous border family" of Ker of Cessford. He was the son of Mark Ke ...

, nobleman and politician (b. 1553) *2 September – Thomas Scrope, 10th Baron Scrope of Bolton (b. 1567) *4 December –

Alexander Hume Alexander Hume (1558 – 4 December 1609) was a Scottish poet who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in the early 17th century. Life He was born in 1558 the son of Patrick Hume (d.1599). The brother of Patr ...

, poet (born c.1560)

Full date missing

* 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

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