Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton

Robert, sixth Lord Seton (afterwards created Earl of Winton) had, as Master of Seton, on 20 February 1582-83, sasine of the lands, lordship and barony of Seytoun and Wintoun, proceeding on his service as heir of George Seton, his brother-german. He succeeded his father 8 January 1585-86. On 1 April 1591 he had a Crown cliarter of the harbour of Cowkany (Cockenzie) erected into a free port, with power to him to levy certain dues; the town being also erected into a burgh of barony. On 14 December 1599 he had a charter of feu-farm of the lands of St. Germains in the Constabulary of Haddington.' On 11 November 1600 he was elected a Lord of the Articles. On 16 November 1600 he was created EARL OF WINTON, had a charter of the earldom with remainder to his heirs-male, and was invested with the dignity in full Court. He took a coat of augmentation as Earl, viz. azure a star of twelve points or, which he placed by way of an escutcheon on his quartered shield.
He died 22 March, and was buried at Seton Church 5 April 1603.
Robert, first Earl of Winton, married (contract 10 April 1582, tocher 10,000 merks) Lady Margaret Montgomerie, elder daughter of Hugh, third Earl of Eglinton. On 12 August 1589 she had from her husband a charter of the life-rent of various lands, proceeding on a contract made twelve days previously, and confirmed 16 January 1589-90. She survived her husband, and on 18 September 1620, as un- doubted patron of the Collegiate Church of Seton, she conferred a vacant prebend on Robert Seton, younger, in Seton. She died 9 April 1624.
The issue of the marriage was:
1. Robert, who succeeded as second Earl of Winton.
2. George, who succeeded his brother as third Earl.
3. Sir Alexander, of Foulstruther, par. Pencaitland, said to have been born in 1588. On 31 July 1612 he had from George, Earl of Winton, his brother, a charter of the lands of St. Germains and others, in the constabulary of Haddington. He succeeded his cousin-german, Hugh, fifth Earl of Eglinton, as sixth Earl, under a family arrangement finally sanctioned and confirmed by the Grown 24 March 1615. The present Earl of Eglinton, his lineal descendant, is the heir-male of the house of Seton.
4. Sir Thomas, who had from his father a charter of the lands of Over Olivestob, par. Tranent, dated 12
January 1603. He married Agnes (or Anna), daughter of Thomas Drummond of Oorskeply, but had no male issue.
5. Sir John, who had from Alexander, sixth Earl of Eglinton, his brother, a charter dated 23 and 26
December 1615, of the fee of the lands of St. Germains in the Gonstabulary of Haddington, and others,
confirmed 14 January 1617. He married, with issue (contract 3 and 4 July 1620), Margaret, daughter
of Mr. William Kellie, W.S. His succession seems to have failed in the person of his grandson, George
Seton of St. Germains, writer in Edinburgh, who died 11 January 1718.
6. Isabell, born 30 November 1593. She was married first, with issue (contract 5 March 1608), on 19
April 1608, to James, first Earl of Perth, who died 18 December 1611, and was buried at Seton Church; and secondly, 2 August 1614, with issue, to Francis Stewart, eldest son of the then deceased Francis, sometime Earl of Bothwell, who had been forfeited 25 June 1591, and attainted 21 July 1593.
Source: "The Scots Peerage" Vol 8, page 590.

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Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton was born in 1552.2 He was the son of George Seton, 5th Lord Seton and Isabel Hamilton.3,4 He married Lady Margaret Montgomerie, daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton and Agnes Drummond, on 10 April 1582.4 He died on 22 March 1603.3 He was buried on 5 April 1603.

He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] circa March 1584/85.3 He succeeded to the title of 6th Lord Seton [S., 1451] on 8 January 1585/86.4 He was created 1st Earl of Winton [Scotland] on 16 November 1600.1

Children of Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton and Lady Margaret Montgomerie

• 1.Sir Thomas Seton4
• 2.Sir John Seton4
• 3.Robert Seton, 2nd Earl of Winton4 b. c 1583
• 4.George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton+4 b. Dec 1584, d. fr 15 Dec 1650 - 17 Dec 1650
• 5.Alexander Montgomerie, 6th Earl of Eglinton+4 b. 1588, d. 7 Jan 1661
• 6.Lady Isabel Seton+5 b. 30 Nov 1593

Citations

• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 291. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2.[S3409] Caroline Maubois, "re: Penancoet Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 2 December 2008. Hereinafter cited as "re: Penancoet Family."
• 3.[S37] Volume 1, page 1285. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] 4.[S37] See. [S37] 5.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 241.

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Many families of great houses in this country of Scotland, derive their origins from the House of Seton. Beginning during the time of Seier de Lens, the founder of the House of Seton, many of the subsequent offspring of the family either founded names of their own by taking that of their estate (though they were still recognized as being Seton's); or adopted the surname of a great house or family to which a son had married into and continued their family name.

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Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton (1553 – 22 March 1603) was one of the Scottish peers who supported Mary, Queen of Scots.

Contents [hide] 1 Early years 2 Langside 3 Estates 4 Religion 5 Marriage 6 Death & burial 7 References

Early years

The son of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton, Robert Seton grew up active in the affairs of his father and of the State. He was educated early in France, and accompanied his father during his ambassadorships to France during the reign of Queen Mary. As a youth, he grew up a close childhood friend of the Queen’s son, the future King James VI.

Langside

Like his father, he was strongly attached to the Queen and to the Royal House of Stuart, and was part of his father’s rescue party for Queen Mary from Loch Leven Castle. He was also present at the battle of Langside in 1568. He was later one of the party who rescued King James VI from the hands of the Douglases, and supported his monarch during the Gowrie and other conspiracies of the time.

Estates

Upon the death of his father, in 1585, Robert succeeded as 6th Lord Seton.[1] Although his father left the estates heavily encumbered by reason of the great expense of several embassies and of his losses suffered by adhering to the Queen’s party, yet by prudence and ability he was soon able to put his affairs in good condition[2] and provide both sons and daughters with respectable fortunes. "He was very hospitable, and kept a noble house, the king and queen being frequently there, and all French and other ambassadors and strangers of quality were nobly entertained." He was a great builder and a wise improver of his property, especially by working on the old harbor of Cockenzie, along the Firth of Forth, a curious fishing village of great antiquity whose history is little known. It originally sheltered only small boats, but when improved by art and accommodated vessels of a larger size. In January, 1599, the king granted him a charter unde the Great Seal of Scotland concerning Cockenzie, which had previously been erected into a free port and burgh of barony. He "was a great favorite of King James VI", and was created Earl of Winton at Holyroodhouse, on 16 November 1600, to him and his heirs male.[3]

Religion

A strict Roman Catholic, the Earl and his family suffered indignities from the Presbytery of Haddington, East Lothian, as may be seen by the Records. One entry reads thus: "1597. Setoun Kirk. The Presbitery asked Lord Setoun if he will suffer them to sit in the Kirk of Setoun for the space of two or three days, because they are to ‘gang about’ all the churches within their bounds; but this his Lordship altogether refused." Protestant worship has never been held in Seton Church, as after the family conformed they attended the Tranent parish church, leaving their own church deserted, as it has remained ever since. [edit]Marriage

In 1582, Lord Seton married Lady Margaret Montgomerie, eldest daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton, by whom he had five sons and a daughter[4]:

• Robert Seton, 2nd Earl of Winton
• George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton
• Sir Alexander Seton of Foulstruther, Knight, who succeeded as 6th Earl of Eglinton,[5] and in descent from whom is the present Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord Montgomerie, Baron Ardrossan, Baron Seton and Tranent, etc.
• Sir Thomas Seton, Bt., of Olivestob., ancestor of this family.[6]
• Sir John Seton, Bt., of St. Germains.
• Lady Isabel Seton, who married (1) James Drummond, 1st Earl of Perth, (2) Francis, eldest son of Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell, with issue to both.

Death & burial

The Earl of Winton in his Latter-Will, dated 28 February 1603, he ordained "My body to be buried whole in most humble, quiet, modest, and Christian manner without all extraordinary pomp or unlawful ceremony, within my College Church of Seton among my progenitors of worthy memory." By the words unlawful ceremony, the staunch old Catholic nobleman wished to say that he didn't want any Protestant interference or Kirk rites about him after death, as he hadn't 'brooked' them in life. He was buried on Tuesday 5 April,[8] on the same day that King James VI of Scotland set out from Edinburgh for London to become King James I of England. "As the monarch passed the house of Seton, near Musselburgh, he was met by the funeral of Lord Seton, a nobleman of high rank; which, with its solemn movement and sable trappings, occupied the road, and contrasted strangely and gloomily with the brilliant pageantry of the royal cavalcade. The Seton’s were one of the oldest and proudest families of Scotland; and that lord, whose mortal remains now passed by, had been a faithful adherent of the kings mother: whose banner he had never deserted, and in whose cause he had suffered exile and proscription. The meeting was thought ominous by the people. It appeared, to their excited imaginations, as if the moment had arrived when the aristocracy of Scotland was about to merge in that of Great Britain; as if the Scottish nobles had finished their career of national glory, and this last representative of their race had been arrested on his road to the grave, to bid farewell to the last of Scotland’s kings. As the mourners moved slowly onward, the monarch himself, participating in these melancholy feelings, sat down by the way-side, on a stone still pointed out to the historical pilgrim; nor did he resume his progress till the gloomy procession had completely disappeared."[9] [edit]References

^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol. ix: 659 ^ Tytler, Patrick Fraser, The History of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1866, new edition, vol.ix: 363-4

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When Robert Seton Sixth Earl of Seton First Earl of Winton was born in 1553, in Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, George Seton 5th Lord, was 28 and his mother, Isabel Hamilton, was 23. He married Margaretha Eglinton on 19 May 1583, in Jujuy, Argentina. He died on 22 March 1603, in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, at the age of 50, and was buried in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Children Thomas Seton 1578–1603 Isabel Seton of Winton, Countess of Perth 1579–1638 Isabel deSeton 1580–Deceased Robert Seton [2nd Earl of Winton] 1583–1609 Robert Seton 1583–1634 George Seton 3rd Earl Of Winton 1584–1650 Alexander Seton 1588–1660 Alexander Seton Montgomery 6th Earl of Eglinton 1588–1661 Sir Thomas Seton 1589–1609 John Seton 1591–1634 Hugh Seton 1593–1669 Margaret Seton 1595–Deceased Margaret Seton 1595–Deceased Agnes Seton Deceased John Seton Deceased