George Seton, 1st Lord Seton

Sir George de Seton, Knight, eldest son of William de Seton, is mentioned with his mother in an Exchequer account for 1433. He was under age in 1437, when the Chancellor Crichton held his lands in ward, but appears to have attained his majority before 2 November in that year, when he granted a charter of a toft in Tranent. He seems to have been created a Lord of Parliament in 1445.
He accompanied the embassy of which Lord Crichton was head to Flanders, France and Burgundy in 1448, and his name was included in the safe-conduct granted to the party to pass through England, 23 April of that year. In 1451 a charter was confirmed whereby GEORGE, LORD SETOUNE granted the lands of Wintoun to Sir William Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland, in return for his counsel and help, etc. He first appears in Parliament as Lord Seton, 14 June 1452. He had a seat in the Council of King James II. at Dunfermline 11 July 1458. He was one of the assize on Robert, first Lord Boyd, and Thomas, Earl of Arran, his son, 22 November 1469 ; they were found guilty of treason, and Sir Alexander Boyd was condemned to death for the seizure of King James III. at Linlithgow on 9 July 1466. Lord Seton had an English safe-conduct, 16 March 1472, as one of the ambassadors and commissioners of the King of Scots, and again 21 April 1473. He was alive 15 July 1478. He is said by Maitland to have been "ane grit houshalder, and all gevin to nobilnes"; to have built the "queir of Seytoun"; and to have died "of guid age, in the place of the Blakfreiris of Edinburgh, quliair he lyis in the queir of the samin."
George, first Lord Seton married first, before 1436, Margaret, only daughter of John, Earl of Buchan, Constable of France, second son of Robert, Duke of Albany. On 8 January 1436-37 a mandate was addressed by Pope Eugenius IV. to the Bishop of Whiteherne, to absolve the spouses from excommunication, to grant a dispensation for the unlawful marriage which they had already contracted although aware that they were related in the double third degree of kindred, and to declare their children legitimate.
The Setons descended of this marriage long quartered the garbs of Comyn with their ancestral crescents, as heraldic heirs of John, Earl of Buchan. Lord Seton had by Margaret Stewart a son:
1. John.
Lord Seton married, secondly, before 8 January 1458-59, Christian Murray, said to have been a daughter of the Laird of Tullibardine. By her he had a daughter:
2. Christian, who was married before 15 July 1478, to Hugh Douglas of Borg; "to the quhilk Hew," says
Maitland, the said Christian "cast sic favour that sche wald marye none vther bot him, swa that it micht pleis hir fader."
Source: "The Scots Peerage" Vol 8, page 575.

Peerage has an error George Seton the First was third Lord of Seton. http://www2.thesetonfamily.com:8080/history/7th_Lord_Seton_Epitaph.htm

George Seton, 1st Lord Seton1

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    George Seton, 1st Lord Seton was the son of Sir William Seton of Seton and Janet Dunbar.2 He married, firstly, Margaret Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan and Lady Elizabeth Douglas, before 8 January 1436/37.1,2 He married, secondly, Christian Murray, daughter of Sir William Murray of Tullibardine, before 8 January 1460/61.2 He died circa 15 July 1478.1,2

George Seton, 1st Lord Seton was invested as a Knight in 1439.2 In 1448 he went to France as an envoy.2 He was created 1st Lord Seton [Scotland] circa 22 March 1450/51.2 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in 1458.2 In 1472 he went to England as an envoy.2
Child of George Seton, 1st Lord Seton and Christian Murray

Christian Seton 2

Children of George Seton, 1st Lord Seton and Margaret Stewart

John Seton, Master of Seton+ d. b 14781

Douglas Seton 1

Citations

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 220. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1285. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.