1693 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – William II and Mary II
• Secretary of State – John Dalrymple, Master of Stair, jointly with James Johnston

Law officers

• Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
• Solicitor General for Scotland – ??

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
• Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
• Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston

Events

• 14 June – Parliament turns its attention to an 'Act for Encouraging of Forraigne Trade' – that would lead to the Darien Scheme
• Start of the "seven ill years" of famine in Scotland

Births

• John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, soldier and Member of Parliament

Deaths

• 9 April – Walter Scott, Earl of Tarras, nobleman
• 15 May – John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, peer

• Alexander Fraser, 11th Lord Saltoun, peer
• George Munro, 1st of Newmore, soldier and member of parliament 1602)