See also:

• SETON (Family)

SETON (See also:

• FAMILY

Family)  . The Scottish See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• SETON (Family)

Seton, Seyton or Seatoun, claims descent from a Dougall Seton who lived in the reign of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander I . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland of Lethington counted seven generations between this personage and Sir See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher Seton (d . 1306), the first of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house who emerges in See also:

• HISTORY

history with any distinctness, but these links are not all supported by documentary See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence . The name was derived from the Anglo-See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman family of Say, the Anglo-Norman immigrant being supposed to have given the name of Sey-toun to the lands granted to him in See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• LOTHIAN

Lothian: The family honours include the earldoms of Wintoun (cr . 1600) and See also:

• DUNFERMLINE (Gaelic, " the fort on the crooked linn ")
• DUNFERMLINE, ALEXANDER SETON, 1ST EARL OF
• DUNFERMLINE, JAMES ABERCROMBY, 1ST BARON (1776-'858)

Dunfermline; of See also:

• EGLINTON, EARLS OF

Eglinton through See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with the Montgomeries; and through See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with a See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon heiress a Seton became the ancestor of the earls and marquesses of See also:

• HUNTLY
• HUNTLY, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Huntly and See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Gordon . The Setons were connected by marriage with the royal family of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and also with the Dunbars, Lindsays, Hays and Maitlands .