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1st Earl of Winton Robert Seton, I

Male 1552 - 1603  (51 years)

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  • Name Robert Seton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] 
    Title 1st Earl of Winton 
    Suffix I 
    Birth 1552  Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 16] 
    • Seton
    Gender Male 
    Education France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Fact 1 1568  Langside, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Battle of Langside 
    Title 8th Lord Seton 
    Death 22 Mar 1603  Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14, 16] 
    • Seton
    Person ID I9517  Presidents and Royalty
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

    Father 7th Lord Seton George Seton, IV,   b. 1531, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1585, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Isabel Hamilton,   b. 1530, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1606, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1550  Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10] 
    Family ID F6036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Margaret Montgomerie,   b. 1565, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1624, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 10 Apr 1582  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17] 
    Children 
    >1. 2nd Earl of Winton Robert Seton, II,   b. 1583, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1609, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. 3rd Earl of Winton George Seton, I,   b. Dec 1584, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1650, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. 6th Earl of Eglinton Alexander Seton Montgomerie,   b. 1588, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1661, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Thomas Seton,   b. 1589, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. John Seton,   b. 1591, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. St Germains, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Isabel Seton,   b. 30 Nov 1593, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1638, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2025 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1031] Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom, (Name: G Woodfall; Location: London, England; Date: 1828-1829;), 17th Edition in Two Volumes Pages 486-488 Earl of Eglinton.
      Debrett_s_Peerage_of_england_scotland_an.pdf

    2. [S1247] Anderson, William, The Scottish nation: or The surnames, families, literature ..., Volume 2.

    3. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Seton George IV #109521 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10953.htm#i109521.

    4. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Seton Thomas #021454 http://www.thepeerage.com/p2146.htm#i21454.

    5. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Seton Robert II #021455 http://www.thepeerage.com/p2146.htm#i21455.

    6. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Seton George I #021456 http://www.thepeerage.com/p2146.htm#i21456.

    7. [S776] Browning, Charles H, Americans of Royal Descent, (Name: Name: Porter and Coates; Location: Philadelphia, PA; Date: 1883;;), Americans_of_Royal_Descent_ed_by_C_H_Bro.;pdf Available on Google Books Pedigree XXX Campbell Pages 123-128.

    8. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Livingston Anne #021520 http://www.thepeerage.com/p2152.htm#i21520.

    9. [S113] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .
      Record for Robert Seton

    10. [S1075] Seton, George, A History of the Family of Seton, (Name: private; Location: Edinburgh, Scotland; Date: 1896;), historyoffamily100seto.pdf.

    11. [S872] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 101) Montgomerys, Earls of Eglinton.
      This book is available electronically on ancestry.com

    12. [S682] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    13. [S1178] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).

    14. [S961] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage 1906, (Name: Harrison and Sons; Location: London, England; Date: 1906;), Pages 569-573 Earls of Eglinton and Winton.
      Book found at California Genealogical Society

    15. [S668] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for George Seton Earl of Winton
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=DictNatBiogV1&h=49067&indiv=try

    16. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Seton Robert I #021452 http://www.thepeerage.com/p2146.htm#i21452.
      http://www.thepeerage.com/p2146.htm#i21452

    17. [S724] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com; Location: http://thepeerage.com;), Montgomerie Margaret #021453 http://thepeerage.com/p2146.htm#i21453.

    18. [S777] Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, (Name: Printed for Private Circulation; Location: Philadelphia; Date: 1868;), Pages 059-062 Hugh Montgomerie Electronic Book .PDF 170 pages a_genealogical_history_of_the_family_of_.pdf.

    19. [S668] Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 13; Page: 745 Record for Alexander Earl of Eglinton Montgomerie.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1981&h=38798&indiv=try
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1981&h=38798&indiv=try



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