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Seton (surname)
Seton is the surname of a prominent Scottish Lowlands family, Clan Seton, and may refer to: Hereditary titles * The Earls of Winton * The Earls of Huntly * The Earls of Dunfermline * The Earls of Eglinton * The Viscounts Kingston * The Baronet of Windygoul * The Baronets of Abercorn * The Baronets of Garleton * The Baronets of Pitmedden Given names of several Setons *Alexander Seton (other) * George Seton (other) * John Seton (other) Other * Alex Seton (born 1977), Australian artist * Anya Seton (1906–1990), American historical novelist, daughter of Ernest Thompson Seton * Archibald Seton (1758–1818), Scottish East India Company colonial administrator, resident, and civil servant * Barry Seton (born 1936), Australian racing driver * Bruce Seton (1909–1969), British actor and soldier * Catherine Seton (1800–1891), daughter of Elizabeth Ann Seton * Christopher Seton (died 1306), 13th-century Scottish noble * Cora Seton (born 1969) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Seton
Sir Christopher Seton (1278–1306), also known as Christopher de Seton, was a 13th-century noble, who held lands in England and Scotland. He was a supporter of Robert the Bruce and obtained Robert's sister's hand in marriage. Present during the killing of John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, he also killed Sir Robert Comyn (died 1306), Robert Comyn, who had rushed to Badenoch's aid. Seton was captured at Loch Doon Castle and executed at Dumfries in 1306. Life Christopher Seton was the eldest son of Sir John de Seton (died 1299), John de Seton of Skelton, Cumberland and Erminia Lascelles. His brothers were John de Seton, John and Humphrey de Seton. This branch of the Seton family had long served the Bruces in Yorkshire, Cumberland and Scotland. (No connection has as yet been discovered to Alexander Seton (Governor of Berwick), Alexander Seton, Governor of Berwick; however, it is claimed that Alexander was his grandso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Seton
Robert Seton (August 28, 1839 – March 22, 1927) was a descendant of the New York "aristocratic" Seton and Bayley families, Seton was also a monsignor in the Roman Catholic Church and titular archbishop of Heliopolis. Biography Robert Seton was born in Tuscany, Italy on August 28, 1839, one of nine children of William and Emily Prime Seton, seven of whom survived to adulthood. He was a grandson of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, nephew of Mother Mary Catherine Seton, RSM, and cousin of Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley. Robert grew up at "The Cedars", an estate in the Edenwald section of The Bronx which his grandfather, banker Nathaniel Prime had given to Robert's mother, Emily. During the time of the Great Famine of Ireland, his father sent sacks of meal and flour and potatoes and barrels of apples from the estate to a relief ship loading in New York Harbor. He was educated in Mount St. Mary's College of Emmitsburg, Maryland, and in the Academia Ecclesiastica, Rome from 1857 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Seton
Mary Seton (1542 – 1615) was a Scottish courtier and later a nun. She was one of the four attendants of Mary, Queen of Scots, known as the Four Marys. She was a sister at the Convent of Saint Pierre les Dames in Reims at the time of her death. Sent to France Mary Seton was the daughter of George Seton, 6th Lord Seton, and his second wife Marie Pieris or Pierres, a daughter of René Pierres, of Plessis Baudouin, and Antoinette d'Hommes. Marie Pierres was a lady-in-waiting to Mary of Guise, the wife of King James V of Scotland. The French Pierres family claimed to have descended from the Percy family of Northumberland. As a child, Mary Seton became a lady-in-waiting to the young Mary, Queen of Scots, along with three other girls of similar age and of a similar standing in Scots society. They were famously known as "The Four Marys": she and Mary Beaton, Mary Fleming and Mary Livingston. The Four Marys accompanied Queen Mary in France, where she later married the Dauphin, Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Seton
Marie Seton (20 March 1910 – 17 February 1985) was a British actress, art, theatre and film critic and biographer of Sergei Eisenstein, Paul Robeson, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Satyajit Ray. Biography Her father, Captain Seton served in the British Army in India and South Africa. After the death of Captain Seton, Marie's mother, also named Marie, remarried Sir Charles Walpole. In 1935 Seton helped to establish the reputation of Jamaican sculptor Ronald Moody. In 1936, she helped her friend C. L. R. James, the Trinidadian writer and radical political activist, to put on his play about the Haitian Revolution, '' Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History'', which starred Paul Robeson in the title role, with the Stage Society. Seton's reconstruction of Sergei Eisenstein’s projected epic, '' ¡Que viva México!'', as a film released in 1939 entitled ''Time in the Sun'', is considered by many critics as probably nearest to Eisenstein's concept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Seton
Maria Seton (''nee'' Sdrolias) is an Australian geologist in the Faculty of Science EarthByte Group School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney. Seton's research is in the field of geophysics and geodynamics. Her main focus is the link between plate tectonic and mantle processes. Seton also works on kinematic controls on subduction and back-arc basin formation and the relationship between tectonics and palaeo-climate. Research Subduction and Back-arc-Basin Seton has recently updated the palaeo subduction and back-arc basin parameters. This important data was visualised in a new grid map available online. One of the main achievements of this work is the correlation made between the age of the subducting oceanic lithosphere and the intermediate dip of the slab. Related to the subduction survey, back-arc-basins were studied, and their occurrence was correlated to the age of subducting oceanic lithosphere. SW Pacific and Philippine Sea tectonics Seton had surveyed the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josiah Seton
Josiah Seton (born March 23, 1979) is a Liberian footballer ( striker). He is a member of the Liberia national football team. Seton previously played for Sabah FA Sabah Football Club ( ms, Kelab Bolasepak Sabah) is a football club with ownership by Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd. The football club competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. They currently compete in M ... in Malaysia. References External links * * * 1979 births Living people Liberian footballers Sportspeople from Monrovia Association football forwards Expatriate footballers in Malaysia Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Expatriate soccer players in Canada Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) players Sri Pahang FC players Bontang F.C. players Thunder Bay Chill players USL League Two players Malaysia Super League players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liberian expatriate footballers Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Liberian expatriate sportspeople in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Seton
Sir John de Seton (d 4 August 1306) was a knight who took part in the War of Scottish Independence, as a supporter of Robert de Brus. He held lands in England and Scotland. Seton was a son of Sir John de Seton of Skelton, Cumberland and Erminia Lascelles. His brothers were Christopher and Humphrey de Seton. This branch of the Seton family had long served the Bruces in Yorkshire, Cumberland and Scotland. John performed fealty to King Edward I of England Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he ruled the duchies of Aquitaine and Gascony as a vas ... at Berwick on 28 August 1296. Seton was present on 10 February 1306 when Sir John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch was stabbed by Robert de Brus in Greyfriars Church, Dumfries. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander Seton
James Alexander Seton (1816 – 2 June 1845) was the last British person to be killed in a duel on English soil. Early life James Alexander Seton was born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, in 1816, the son of Colonel James Seton and Margaret Findlater. He was of Scottish descent, being a descendant of the Earls of Dunfermline. His grandfather was Vice-Admiral James Seton, governor of St Vincent in the Caribbean. Thanks to inherited money, he was a wealthy man with no need to work for a living. Seton served briefly as a cavalry officer. In March 1837 he purchased the rank of cornet. He served until March 1838 and was attached to the 3rd, 11th and 12th Light Dragoons. He never attained a higher rank and his short military career ended around six years before the duel. Despite this he is styled "Captain Seton" in some histories of the event. He married Anne Susannah Wakefield in May 1838 and they had one child, Marion Frances.Beardsley (2011),p. 170 The quarrel Some time during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Seton
Glenn Seton (born 5 May 1965) is an Australian racing driver. He won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1993 and 1997 while driving for his own team. Although he never won the Bathurst 1000 like his father Barry did in 1965, Glenn started from pole position in 1994 and 1996, and finished second three times. He came close to winning the race in 1995, holding a significant lead in the closing stages, but his engine failed nine laps from the finish. Career Early career Growing up in south-west Sydney, Seton had a successful karting career before switching to cars after a heavy crash at Oran Park Raceway aged 17. He then raced for his father Barry's team in 1983, driving a Ford Capri and making his Bathurst 1000 debut in 1983 with Barry, better known as Bo. Seton then competed in three rounds of the 1984 Australian Touring Car Championship in the car. Nissan Motorsport He then moved to Nissan Motorsport from the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship and would remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Seton
George Seton of Careston FRSE FSA (25 June 1822 – 14 November 1908) was a Scottish philanthropist and genealogist. Early life Seton was born in Perth, Scotland, the son of Captain George Seton, an officer in the East India Company, and his wife, Margaret Hunter. The family lived at Potterhill, Bridgend, east across the River Tay from Perth. Seton was educated at Edinburgh High School, then studied law at University of Edinburgh, and Exeter College, and finally Oxford, from which he graduated in 1845. Later life Seton qualified as an advocate, passing the Scottish bar in 1846. Although Seton did practice as an advocate he soon focussed upon various other public offices: firstly as secretary to the Registrar General for Scotland (from 1854) and as Superintendent of the Civil Service examinations in Scotland (from 1862). As an advocate he lived at worked from 13 Coates Crescent in Edinburgh's West End. Seton was one of the founders of the St Andrew Boat Club, the first v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton (born Ernest Evan Thompson August 14, 1860 – October 23, 1946) was an English-born Canadian-American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 (renamed Woodcraft League of America), and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1910. Seton also influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of one of the first Scouting organizations. His writings were published in the United Kingdom, Canada, the US, and the USSR; his notable books related to Scouting include ''The Birch Bark Roll'' and the '' Boy Scout Handbook''. He incorporated what he believed to be American Indian elements into the traditions of the BSA. Early life Seton was born in South Shields, County Durham, England of Scottish parents. His family emigrated to Canada in 1866. After settling in Lindsay, Ontario Seton spent most (after 1870) of his childhood in Toronto, and the family is known to have lived at 6 Aberdeen Avenue in Cabbagetown. As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
