Scotland
- For Scottish beheadings after 1707, see the Great Britain section above
- Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox (1425) – Executed by orders of James I of Scotland
- Lord Walter Stewart and Lord Alexander Sewart (1425) – Executed by orders of James I of Scotland
- Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (1425) – Executed by order of James I of Scotland
- Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1437) – Executed for his part in the murder of James I of Scotland
- William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (1440) – Executed on trumped-up charges in front of James II of Scotland
- Lord David Douglas (1440) – Executed on trumped-up charges in front of James II of Scotland
- Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde (1455) – Executed on the orders of James III of Scotland
- John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (1463) – Executed on the orders of James III of Scotland
- Sir James Hamilton of Finnart – Master of Work to the Crown of Scotland (1540) – Executed by order of James V of Scotland
- James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1581) – Executed on the Scottish maiden for complicity in murder of Lord Darnley
- William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1584) – Executed by order of James VI of Scotland
- John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell (1613) – Beheaded in Edinburgh for carrying out a revenge killing
- Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney (1615) – Executed by order of James VI of Scotland
- Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo (1644) – Executed on the Scottish maiden by the Covenanters for treason as a Royalist
- Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (1661) – Executed by order of Charles II of Scotland on the Scottish maiden for treason
- Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (1685) – son of above. Executed by order of James VII of Scotland on the Scottish maiden for treason
- Godfrey McCulloch (1697) – Executed on the Scottish maiden for murder. Last man to be executed by the maiden
Read more about this topic: List Of People Who Were Beheaded
Famous quotes containing the word scotland:
“The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only Gods Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon Gods throne, but even by God himself they are called gods.”
—James I of England, James VI of Scotland (15661625)
“Four and twenty at her back
And they were a clad out in green;
Tho the King of Scotland had been there
The warst o them might hae been his Queen.
On we lap and awa we rade
Till we cam to yon bonny ha
Whare the roof was o the beaten gold
And the floor was o the cristal a.”
—Unknown. The Wee Wee Man (l. 2128)
“The second sight possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they dont wear trousers.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)