Vice Admiral James Seton, Esq.

Vice Admiral James Seton, Esq., (b.1726, d.1802) Previously Colonel, Governor of the Island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. James Seton went into the army and served in the 32nd Foot. He was on service in Flanders, and, in the operations of the 1745, served under Cumberland against the Jacobite Army. In the ordinary course of events he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1762, and served in the America's, when after which he was appointed Governor and Vice Admiral of St. Vincent, and held that office for eleven years.

He presented a petition to King George III for the Title, Rank and privileges of the Earldom of Dunfermline in 1773, though it was not completed due to lack of funding, and was apparently decided that he was barred by the forfeiture of the honours in 1690. He married on 29th July 1762 Susan, daughter of James Moray of Abercairney, in Perthshire and had issue.  He later resided at his Estate of Brookheath House, Hants and died in London at an advanced age. 

 m. (29.07.1762) Susan Moray (dau of James Moray of Abercairney), she was noted as a "great beauty in her day". 

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