(d. 1693) 1654: 23 November - George Watson, accountant (d. 1733) 1658: 11 April - James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, nobleman (d. 1712) 1659 1 January - Margaret Wemyss, 3rd Countess of Wemyss, noble (d. 1705) 3 June - David Gregory, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708) 13 September - Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish and Irish peer (k. in action 1691) Deaths 1650: 21 May – James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (b. 1612) 29 October - David Calderwood, divine and historian (b. 1575) 1654: Alexander Ross, writer (b. c.1590) References 1650 in Scotland