Sir Henry Steuart of Allanton, Baronet

Biographical Summary

Steuart (Stewart) of Allanton and Touch, Sir Henry M. Seton, Bart. 20/10/1759-11/03/1836. Ref: 1432. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: 1st Baronet of Allanton(1814).
• Place of Birth: Lanarkshire.
• Place of interment: Camnethan, Lanarkshire.
• Profession: Landowner, Arboriculturalist, Classical Scholar.
• Appointments Held: 13th Light Dragoons 1778-81, 10th Light Dragoons 1781-87; Improver of his estate at Allanton, Lanarkshire.
• Schools and Tutors: High School, Edinburgh.
• Undergraduate Studies: Studied in Hamburg, Germany c.1775.
• Postgraduate Studies: LL.D.(Edinburgh 1806).
• Publications: "Planter's Guide" 1828.
• Marital Status: Married (1787) Lillias Seton of Touch-Seton, Stirlingshire.
• Mother: Margaret Steuart-Barclay of Collairnie, Fife.
• Father: James Steuart tenth of Allanton, d.1772, agriculturalist and scholar.
• References: DNB 54, 1898, 225-7; Irving 494; Anderson 3, 508-9; Shapin 436.
• Memberships: Highland Society(1835).
• Date of Election: 28/01/1799.
• Proposers: A Fraser Tytler (Lord Woodhouselee), Andrew Dalzel, Thomas Charles Hope (Minute 07/01/1799 NLS Acc10,000/4).
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 880