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Sir George Seton 1530 – 1586 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

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

Death Date: 8 January 1586

Death Location: Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Lord Seton

Mother: Lady Hay

Spouse(s): Lady Hamilton

Children(s): Lady Seton, Lord Seton, Janet Seton

Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor was born in 1530 in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Lord George IV de Seton and Lady Elizabeth Hay. Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor married Lady Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton, and had children including Lady Margaret Montgomerie Seton, Lord Sir Alexander Alasdair Seton, Janet Mure Seton. Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor passed away in 1586 in Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor was born in 1530 in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of Lord George IV de Seton and Lady Elizabeth Hay.
  • Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor married Lady Elizabeth Isabel Hamilton, and had children including Lady Margaret Montgomerie Seton, Lord Sir Alexander Alasdair Seton, Janet Mure Seton.
  • Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor passed away in 1586 in Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Seton
1501 – 1549
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
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Lady Hay
1442 – 1575
Birth Location: Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Hamilton
1530 – 1604
Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland
LH

Children(s)

Lady Seton
1555 – 1616
Birth Location: Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland
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Lord Seton
1555 – 1622
Birth Location: Seton Palace, East Lothian, Scotland or Fyvie Castle, Fyvie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Janet Seton
1570 – 1658
Birth Location: Glanderston, Renfrew, Scotland
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Sir Seton's Ancestors

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Sir Seton
1530 – 1586
Birth Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
Lord George IV de Seton
1501 – 1549
Seton, East Lothian, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth) Hay
1442 – 1575
Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (George Seton, 3rd Lord of) Winton
1481 – 1513
Seton, East-Lothian, Schotland
Lady (Janet) Hepburn
1485 – 1558
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
John Hay
1475 – 1513
Erroll Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elisabeth Douglas
1480 – 1529
Lyon Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Seton
– 1508
Margaret Campbell
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Seton's Descendants

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Sir (George) Seton (1530 – 8 January 1586) m. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel) Hamilton (1530 – 13 November 1604)
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret Montgomerie) Seton (1555 – March 1616) m. Lord (Claud) Hamilton (1546 – 15 Jan 1622)
    1. 1. Lady (Margaret Anne) Hamilton (21 September 1577 – 23 December 1577) m. Lewis (Rodolphi) Bayly (1565 – 26 Oct 1631)
      1. 1. Margaret Bailey (abt 1615 – 1662) m. John Rowland (1614 – 1653)
        1. 1. William Rowland (1636 – 1714) m. Hannah ('Susannah') Andrews (23 June 1639 – 05 June 1678)
        2. 2. John (Thomas) Rowland (1631 – 1695) m. Elizabeth Hampton (1627 – Abt 1695)
  2. 2. Lord (Sir Alexander Alasdair) Seton (Jan 1555 – 16 Sep 1622) m. Dame (Lilias) Drummond (1574 or 1580 – 8 May 1601)
    1. 1. Margaret Seton (8 Aug 1599 – 21 Jan 1672) m. Sir (Colin ''the Red'') MacKenzie (1586 – 15 Apr 1633)
  3. 3. Janet (Mure) Seton (1570 – poss. 15 Jun 1658) m. Sir (Johannes de) Pollock (1565 – 1593)
    1. 1. Catharine Polloke (6 Jul 1593 – 1655) m. Johnne Duncan (08 Jan 1589 – 1650)
      1. 1. John Duncan (About 1610 – 1683) m. Helen (Ellen Kid) Kidd (1622 – 1700)
        1. 1. Margaret (Flossie Dunphan) Duncan (1645 – 1695) m. Aengus McMurde (1640 – 1662)

Sir Seton's Timeline

11 Records

1528
1528
Birth of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
1528
1528
Birth of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Tranent, East Lothian, (Seton, East Lothian), (Niddry, West L, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tranent, East Lothian, (Seton, East Lothian), (Niddry, West L, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1528
1528
Birth of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
1530
1530
Birth of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1530
1530
Birth of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
1530
1530
Birth of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
1531
1531
Age 1
Birth of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1545
1545
Age 15
Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor was married in Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1585
8 January 1585
Age 55
Death of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
1586
8 January 1586
Age 56
Death of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, France
Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, France
1586
8 January 1586
Age 56
Death of Sir George Seton V, 5th Baron Seton, Provost of Edinburgh, Master of the Royal Household, Privy Councillor in Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, (Seton, East Lothian), (Niddry, West L, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1528
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1531
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 4184172

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1545
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1585
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1586
    Event Place: Seton Palace, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, France
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 January 1586
    Event Place: Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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