Clan Seton
| Clan Seton | |||
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| Motto | Hazard Yet Forward | ||
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| Region | Lowlands | ||
| Plant badge | Yew | ||
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| Clan Seton has no chief, and is an armigerous clan | |||
| Historic seat | Seton Castle | ||
| Last Chief | George Seton, 5th Earl of Winton | ||
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Clan Seton is a Scottish clan which does not currently have a chief, therefore it is considered an Armigerous clan.
The village of Sai in Normandy is believed to have given its name to Seton in Scotland by 1150 when Alexander de Seton witnessed a charter by David I of Scotland.
Sir Christopher Seton (d.1306) secured the family's fortunes by marrying a sister of Robert the Bruce. In March 1306 he was a witness at Bruce's coronation in Scone. Seton is also have said to have saved the king's life when he was unhorsed during the Battle of Methven in June 1306. Seton was captured at the battle by the English and was executed in London with great brutality. In 1320, Sir Alexander Seton, who was probably Sir Christopher's brother signed the Declaration of Arbroath that asserted Scottish independence. Sir Alexander Seton was later Governor of Berwick from 1327 until 1333 when the town surrendered to the English. The English had already hanged Seton's son who they had held as a hostage. Seton's remaining two sons were also both killed - one drowning in a sea battle with an English fleet and the other was killed fighting Edward Balliol. His daughter, Margaret (who married Alan de Wyntoun, a paternal cadet of the Seton family), therefore succeeded to the estates and it was her son who took the Seton surname and was created the first Lord Seton.
William Seton, 1st Lord Seton attended the coronation of Robert II of Scotland. One of Lord Seton's sons married Elizabeth of Gordon and became ancestor to the Earls and Marquesses of Huntly, chiefs of Clan Gordon. (Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly was born Alexander Seton but used his mother's surname).
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