Sir Henry Seton Steuart

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LLD (''né'' Steuart; 20 October 1759 – 11 March 1836) was a Scottish landowner, agricultural improver, soldier and classical scholar.

Biography

He was born Henry Steuart at Allanton House in

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in 1759, the son of Margaret Steuart-Barclay of Collairnie and her husband, James Steuart, 10th Laird of Allanton. They were descended from Sir John Stewart of Bonkyll. He was educated at the

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then studied in

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in Germany (1775). In 1778 he was commissioned into the

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. In 1781 he moved to the

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. He resigned his commission in 1787. In 1799 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were

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and

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. In 1806 the

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awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD). In 1814 he was created Baronet of Allanton.

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visited him at Allanton to see his land improvements in January 1829. He died at Allanton in 1836 and was buried nearby in

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Churchyard.

Family

In 1787 he married Lillian Seton, daughter of

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(sometimes known as Touch-Seton). He was thereafter known as Henry Seton Steuart. He rebuilt Allanton House in the year of his marriage. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Margaret Steuart (1790-1866). She married Reginald Ranald Macdonald, from 1836 known as Sir Reginald Ranald Seton-Steuart. Sir Reginald was created 2nd Baronet through the marriage.

Publications

*''The Planter's Guide'' (1828) *''A History of the Rebellion of 1745'' (unfinished - manuscript passed to Robert Chambers)

Artistic recognition

He was portrayed by Edward Burton.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steuart, Henry Seton 1759 births 1836 deaths People from Lanarkshire Scottish agriculturalists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom