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The name Seton is said to derive from the village of Sai in Normandy although other explanations have been suggested (eg. from Tranent, a "sea-town", an area owned by the Setons). Alexander Seton witnessed a charter of David I about 1150. His descendant Sir Alexander Seton joined Sir Glbert Hay and Sir Neil Campbell in defending the rights of Robert the Bruce and was later one of the signatories at the Declaration of Arbroath. Sir Christoper, his son married Christina, Bruce's sister. He is renowned for saving the King's life at Methven when he was unhorsed, but was later to lose his life when he was captured and hanged in London. The male line failed with an heiress, Margaret Seton, who married Alan Winton (after being abducted by him) and their son William took the name Seton and became Lord Seton of Tranent. Alexander, his second son married Elizabeth, heiress of Sir Adam Gordon and their son, Alexander became 1st Earl of Huntly. Of the main family, George, 5th Lord Seton supported Queen Mary of Lorraine against the Lords of the Congregation and was Master of the Household after Mary Queen of Scots returned to Scotland. He was responsible for the Palace of Seton which became a frequent home to Mary Queen of Scots, it was there she and Bothwell went after Darnley's murder and here their marriage contract was signed. His sister Mary Seton was one of the Queen's Marys and he was one of those who waited for Mary on the banks of Loch Leven when she escaped in 1568. His eldest son, Robert, 6th Lord was created Earl of Winton in 1600 and his younger son was later Chancellor of Scotland and was created Lord Fyvie in 1597 and then Earl of Dunfermline in 1605. He built much of the famous Fyvie castle in Aberdeenshire. George, 5th Earl of Winton joined the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 and was captured and sentenced to death, he escaped from the Tower of London and fled to Rome. James, 4th Earl of Dunfermline was also forfeited his estates and title as a Jacobite when he commanded a troop of horse under Viscount Dundee at the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. The earldom moved to the Setons of Garleton and then onto the Seton-Broadbent family. The earldom is now dormant. |
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