1691 in Scotland

Events from the year 1691 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

 * Monarch – William II and Mary II
 * Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair

Law officers

 * Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple
 * Solicitor General for Scotland – ??

Judiciary

 * Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
 * Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
 * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Cessnock

Events

 * 27 August – King William offers the Highland clans a pardon for their part in the Jacobite rising if they agree to pledge allegiance to him before New Year's Day.

Births

 * 30 April – Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine landowner and politician (died 1761)
 * date unknown –
 * Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, nobleman, army officer and politician (died 1778)
 * William M'Culloch, minister (died 1771)
 * Philip Miller, botanist (died 1771)

Deaths

 * 21 October – Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston, cavalier (born 1620)
 * date unknown –
 * Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale, peer and statesman (born 1620)