Sir John Seton of Garleton (29 September 1639 – 1686) was a younger son of
George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton
George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton (December 1584 – 17 December 1650) was a notable Cavalier, Royalist and Cavalier, the second son of Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton and 6th Lord Seton, by his spouse Margaret, daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd E ...
(died 1650), by his spouse Elizabeth, daughter of
John Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries of Terrigles.
He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by King
Charles II in 1664, and married Isabel or Christian Home, daughter of
John Home of Renton, by whom he had several children, including his successor
Sir George Seton, 2nd Baronet, of
Garleton, and
Athelstanford,
East Lothian
East Lothian (; ; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a Counties of Scotland, historic county, registration county and Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
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His home was
Garleton Castle.
This family became
Jacobites and engaged in the
1715 Jacobite rising
The Jacobite rising of 1715 ( ;
or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts.
At Braemar, Aberdeenshire, local landowner the Earl ...
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He died in 1686 and was buried at Athelstanford.
Family
The children of John Seton of Garleton and Christian Home included:
*George Seton of Garleton
*Margaret Seton, educated in a French nunnery, who died in Paris.
[Richard Maitland & Viscount Kingston, ''The History of the House of Seytoun'' (Edinburgh, 1829), p. 87.]
References
* ''The Extinct & Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland'', by Messrs. John and John Bernard Burke, 2nd edition, London, 1841, p. 635.
1639 births
1686 deaths
Nobility from East Lothian
Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Younger sons of earls
John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
17th-century Scottish people
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