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Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France 1530–1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: Jan 1586

Death Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Father: George Seton

Mother: Elizabeth IV

Spouse(s): Isabel Seton, Elizabeth Hamilton, Isabel Seton, Elizabeth Hamilton

Children(s): Margaret Seton, George Montgomerie, Robert Winton, John Barns, Alexander Dumfermline, William Kylesmure, Alexander Seton

In 1530, Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France entered the world in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, born to George Montgomerie 4Th Lord Seton And Elizabeth Hay Iv. Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France married Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton, Isabel Hamilton Baroness Of Seton, Isabel Hamilton Orbieston Seton, and had children including Alexander Seton, Alexander Seton Montgomerie 1St Earl Of Dumfermline, George Seton Montgomerie, John Seton Montgomerie Of Barns, Margaret Seton, Robert Seton Montgomerie 1St Earl Of Winton, William Seton Montgomerie Of Kylesmure. Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France passed away in 1586 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1530, Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France entered the world in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, born to George Montgomerie 4Th Lord Seton And Elizabeth Hay Iv.
  • Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France married Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton, Isabel Hamilton Baroness Of Seton, Isabel Hamilton Orbieston Seton, and had children including Alexander Seton, Alexander Seton Montgomerie 1St Earl Of Dumfermline, George Seton Montgomerie, John Seton Montgomerie Of Barns, Margaret Seton, Robert Seton Montgomerie 1St Earl Of Winton, William Seton Montgomerie Of Kylesmure.
  • Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France passed away in 1586 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Seton
1500–1549
Birth Location: Eglinton, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth IV
1510–1574
Birth Location: Culross Castle, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
EI

Spouses(s)

Isabel Seton
1518–1604
Birth Location: Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
IS
Elizabeth Hamilton
1530–1604
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
EH
Isabel Seton
1530–1604
Birth Location: Sanquhar, Dumfries, Scotland, Great Britain
IS
Elizabeth Hamilton
1530–1604
Birth Location: Sanquhar Dumfries-Shire Scotland
EH

Children(s)

Margaret Seton
1550–1616
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
MS
George Montgomerie
1551–1562
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
GM
Robert Winton
1552–1603
Birth Location: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
RW
John Barns
1555–1594
Birth Location: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
JB
Alexander Dumfermline
1555–1622
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
AD
William Kylesmure
1562–1635
Birth Location: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
WK
Alexander Seton
1566–
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
AS

Sir France's Ancestors

Self
Sir France
1530–1586
Birth Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
George Montgomerie -4th Lord Seton
1500–1549
Eglinton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Hay) IV
1510–1574
Culross Castle, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
George Seton
1481–1513
Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Lady (Jane Janet) Hepburn
1485–1560
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Schotland
John (Hay -III Lord) Yester
1485–1543
Yester Castle, Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Douglas of) Angus
1487–1576
Pittendreich, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Seton
1405–1478
Margaret Campbell
1456–1530
Patrick Bothwell
1451–1508
Janet Douglas
1461–1490
John Dundee
1470–1513
Elizabeth Kinnoull
1470–1524
George Angus
1469–1513
Elizabeth Drummond
1472–1514
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Seton
1430–1476
Christian Lindsay
1430–1496
Colin Argyll
1433–1493
Lady Campell
1437–1510
Adam Hales
1435–1479
Helen Home
1436–1513
William Drumlanrig
1430–1484
Elizabeth Sanquhar
1435–1539
John Yester
1450–1508
Elizabeth Cunningham
1439–1529
Robert Kennwilld
1430–1492
Marion Stewart
1457–1529
Archibald Angus
1449–1513
Elizabeth Angus
1450–1497
John Drummond
1438–1519
Elizabeth Crawford
1445–1519

Sir France's Descendants

1.
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Sir (George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to) France (1530–Jan 1586) m. Isabel (Hamilton Orbieston) Seton (May 1518–15 Nov 1604) m. Elizabeth (Isabel) Hamilton (1530–Nov 1604) m. Isabel (Hamilton, Baroness Of) Seton (1530–13 Nov 1604) m. Elizabeth (Isabel) Hamilton (1530–13 Nov 1604)
  1. 1. Margaret Seton 1550–1616 m. Claud (Hamilton 1st Lord) Paisley 1543–1621 m. Harry (Castell) I 1540–1579 m. Castle –1581
    1. 1. Margaret (Hamilton Countess of) Angus 1585–1623 m. William Douglas 1589–1660
      1. 1. Jean Douglas 1615–1669 m. John (Hamilton Of Carriden First Lord Of) Bargany 1615–1661
        1. 1. William (Hamilton or) Hambleton 1636–1677 m. Sarah Watkins 1636–
        2. 2. Margaret Hamilton 1625–1671 m. John Kennedy 1611–1665 m. David (Ogilvie of) Clova 1658–
        3. 3. Anne Hamilton 1630–1678 m. Patrick (Houston 1st) Baronet 1630–1696
        4. 4. Marjory Hamilton 1630– m. William (Baillie 11th of) Lamington 1626–
        5. 5. William Hamilton 1631– m. Mary Hay 1652–
        6. 6. Catherine Hamilton 1632– m. William Cuninghame 1643–
        7. 7. John (William Hamilton 2nd Lord) Bargany 1636–1690 m. Lady (Margaret Cunningham) Ogilvy 1638–1692 m. Alice Moore 1646–1676
        8. 8. James Hamilton 1648–
        9. 9. William Hamilton 1649–
        10. 10. William Hamilton 1650–
        11. 11. Anna Hamilton 1652–
      2. 2. James Douglas 1618–1645 m. Mary (Hamilton, Countess of) Angus 1620–
      3. 3. Margaret Douglas 1588–1660 m. Charles (James) Alexander 1611–1661
      4. 4. Lucy (Hamilton Douglas Countess Of) Nithsdale 1600–1713 m. Robert Maxwell 1645–1683 m. Henry Maxwell 1611–1670 m. Robert (Maxwell Sir of Sweetheart, 4th Earl of) Nithsdale 1598–
      5. 5. Sir (George Douglas Laird of) Dunbarton 1601–1663 m. Katherine (Tindell of) Pumpherston 1605–1655
      6. 6. Archibald Douglas 1609–1655 m. Anne Stuart 1614–1646 m. Jean Wemyss 1629–1715
      7. 7. William Douglas 1610–1633
      8. 8. Margaret Douglas 1610–1660 m. William (Alexander 2nd Earl of) Stirling 1602–1638
      9. 9. Lady (Grizel) Douglas 1615–1623 m. William (Carmichael Master of) Carmichael 1605–1657
      10. 10. Grizel Douglas 1616–1646 m. William (Carmichael Master of) Carmichael 1605–1657
      11. 11. Flora Douglas 1621–1667 m. Edward (Harris) Sr 1620–1673 m. William Harris 1620–1673
    2. 2. Grizel Hamilton 1562–1658 m. William (Baillie of) Lamington 1558– m. William Rogers 1560–
    3. 3. James (Hamilton 1st Earl of) Abercorn 1575–1618 m. Mary (Marion Wallace Boyd Countess Of) Abercorn 1578–1632 m. Elizabeth Cunningham 1587– m. Elizabeth Adam 1579–1616 m. Margaret (Rose) Ross 1588–
    4. 4. John (Hamilton 1st Marquess of) Hamilton 1576–1638 m. Johanna (Everard Baroness) Sempill 1583–1638
    5. 5. Claude (Hamilton of Shawfield, later of) Baldony 1580–1614 m. Janet (Hamilton Heiress of Leckprevick and Easter) Greenlees 1583–1623
    6. 6. Alexander Hamilton 1587–1587
    7. 7. Grizel 1588–1662 m. William (Cunningham, Lord High Chancellor of) Scotland 1585–1676
    8. 8. Frederick (Hamilton of Manor) Hamilton 1590–1647 m. Sidney Vaughn 1590–1661
    9. 9. Frederick Hamilton 1590–1680 m. Sidney Vaughan 1590–
    10. 10. George (Hamilton of Greenlaw and) Roscrea 1594–1650 m. Mary Butler 1598– m. Isabella (Civico of) Bruges 1584–
    11. 11. Mary (Ann) Hamilton 1594–1671 m. Hugh Hamilton 1574–1655 m. Hugh Hamilton 1590–1671
    12. 12. John Hamilton 1600–1653 m. Helen Hutchison 1601– m. Anna Douglas 1618– m. Helen Richardson 1605–1688
    13. 13. Grisel Hamilton 1602– m. Archibald Stewart 1601–
    14. 14. Alexander Hamilton 1604–1643 m. Jean Dalmahoy 1605–
    15. 15. Margaret Hamilton 1606–
    16. 16. George Hamilton 1607–
    17. 17. Marion Hamilton 1609– m. Robert ALEXANDER 1604–
    18. 18. William Hamilton 1610–
    19. 19. Jean Hamilton 1612–
    20. 20. John Hamilton –1604
    21. 21. Mary Hamilton 1580–1634 m. Richard Alexander 1579–1640
    22. 22. Margaret Hamilton 1577–1577
    23. 23. Hon. (Sir George) Hamilton 1582–1657
    24. 24. Katherein Hammiltoun 1583– m. George Leiper 1581–1640
    25. 25. Henry Hamilton 1584–1585
    26. 26. Margaret Hamilton 1585–1690 m. Lewis Bailey 1585–1621
  2. 2. George (Seton) Montgomerie 1551–1562
  3. 3. Robert (Seton Montgomerie 1st Earl of) Winton 1552–1603 m. Rebecca Clayborne 1551–1649 m. Margaret (Gravin Van Eglinton) Montgomerie 1565–1624
  4. 4. John (Seton Montgomerie of) Barns 1555–1594 m. Daughter (de Bourbon) Count 1562–
  5. 5. Alexander (Seton Montgomerie 1st Earl of) Dumfermline 1555–1622 m. Lilias Drummond 1574–1601 m. Grizel Leslie 1575–1606 m. Margaret Hay 1592–1660 m. Agnes Drummond 1500–
  6. 6. William (Seton Montgomerie of) Kylesmure 1562–1635 m. Agnes Johnstone 1578– m. Michelle Thornton 1575–1625 m. Agnes Stirling 1590–
  7. 7. Alexander Seton 1566– m. Lilias Drummond 1574–1601

Sir France's Timeline

3 Records

1530
1530
Birth of Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
1585
8 Jan 1585
Age 55
Death of Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France in France
France
1586
Jan 1586
Age 56
Burial of Sir George Seton 5th Lord Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor, Commissioner to France in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Sir George Seton, person ID LR71-PPB.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Niddry, Linlithgowshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Sir George Seton, person ID LR71-PPB.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jan 1585
    Event Place: France
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Sir George Seton, person ID LR71-PPB.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: Jan 1586
    Event Place: Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Sir George Seton, person ID LR71-PPB.
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