Samuelston (
Scots: ''Sammelstoun'') is a small town just outside of
Haddington, East Lothian
The Royal Burgh of Haddington (, ) is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the main administrative, cultural and geographical centre for East Lothian. It lies about east of Edinburgh. The name Haddington is Anglo-Saxon, dating from the six ...
. It has a population of 957.
George Ker, laird of Samuelston, supervised building work at the church of
Ladykirk for
James IV
James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James III, at the Battle of Sauch ...
. His daughter Nichola Ker married
Alexander Home, 2nd Lord Home.
James Balfour Paul
Sir James Balfour Paul (16 November 1846 – 15 September 1931) was the Lord Lyon King of Arms, the officer responsible for heraldry in Scotland, from 1890 until the end of 1926.
Life
James Balfour Paul was educated at Royal High School, Edinbur ...
, ''Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland'', vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1900), pp. lxxiv, 85, 276-7.
References
External links
Haddington's History Society- Paper on Samuelston
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Villages in East Lothian