1684 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles II

  Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – Sir David Falconer
• Lord Justice General – James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow, from 10 July
• Lord Justice Clerk – Sir Richard Maitland, Sir James Foulis, 2nd Baronet, from 22 February

  Events

• 25 June – Death of Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow, gives rise to establishment of the Leighton Library at Dunblane, the oldest surviving public subscription library in Scotland.
• 3 November – In the Peerage of Scotland
• * The Marquess of Huntly is elevated to the title George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon.
• * The Marquess of Queensbury is elevated to the title William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry.
• 24 December – The Killing Time: Covenanter Robert Baillie of Jerviswood is hanged for treason at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh, having been implicated as a conspirator in the Rye House Plot of 1683 to kill the king.
• George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, is dismissed as Lord Chancellor of Scotland and succeeded by James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth.

  Births

• 6 May – John Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, soldier
• Alexander Dunlop, Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow
• Alexander Smith, Roman Catholic bishop, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District
• Probable date – Patrick Campbell, lieutenant-general, politician and courtier

  Deaths

• 25 June – Robert Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow and scholar
• 20 November – Sir John Cunningham, 1st Baronet, politician
• December – Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet, politician
• 24 December – Baillie of Jerviswood, Covenanter