1682 in Scotland
Events from the year 1682 in the Kingdom of Scotland.Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles II
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Sir David Falconer from 5 June
- Lord Justice General – George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen; James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
- Lord Justice Clerk – Sir Richard Maitland
Events
- 11 February – William Douglas is elevated to the rank of Marquess of Queensberry in the Peerage of Scotland.
- Advocates Library is founded as the law library of the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh.
- Chair of Professor of Humanity created at the University of Glasgow.
- Probable date – Inuit seen in Orkney.
- Ongoing – The Killing Time.
Births
- April – James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose, nobleman and statesman
- June – Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, nobleman, politician, lawyer, businessman and soldier
- 24 October – William Aikman, portrait painter
- 23 December – James Gibbs, architect
Deaths
- 24 August – John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, politician
- David Leslie, 1st Lord Newark, cavalry officer
