Alexander SETON [7472] ¹⁷⁵⁰

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  General Notes:

Sir Alexander Seton was the son of Sir William de Seton and Janet Fleming.2 He married Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of Sir Adam Gordon of that Ilk and Elizabeth Keith, from 27 March 1408 to 20 July 1408.2 He died between 31 August 1440 and 3 April 1441 at Strathbogie, Scotland.

He gained the title of Lord of Huntly.2 He gained the title of Lord of Gordon.2 On 20 July 1408 he was confirmed in the lands of Gordon and Huntly, which he acquired through his wife. Circa 1437 Burkes states he was doubtfully created a Lord of Parliament as Lord Gordon.

Children of Sir Alexander Seton and Elizabeth Gordon

1. Elizabeth Seton
2. William Seton of Meldrum d. May 1452
3. Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly b. c 1409, d. 15 Jul 1470


The Gordons of Sutherland and Gordons of Huntly ancestry of Lady Mary Heron (nee McGeoch)

NOTE: The Life Sketch Info. above reflects the research of B. Phillips, Dr. Margaret Heron Selkirk, Dr. Liam Selkirk, et al, for their book : "The Heron & Bromfield Intrigue - Vols. 1, 2, & 3, from years of research on the ancestry of the "Jamaican Herons and their connection to Ford Castle, Chipchase Castle, Etal Castle (Northumberland),Heron House (Essex), Shacklewell Hall (Kent), Rycote (Oxfordshire), Cressy Hall, Surfleet Estate (Lincolnshire) Kirroughtree Estate. Bargaly Estate, Palnur Estate (Dumfries & Galloway), Heron House (Ayrshire); Wigton, Shooter's Hill, Williamsfield Great House (Jamaica) among many others over England, Scotland and Jamaical and the connections to the Huntingdon/Bruce/Stewart/Gordon/Drummond families and the Ruthven/Wemyss* families.

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Clan: Clan Seton, on an unknown date,. ¹⁷⁶⁵

2. Biographical Information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Seton,_Lord_Gordon, on an unknown date,. ¹⁷⁶⁵

3. Biographical Information: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Seton-5, on an unknown date,. ¹⁷⁶⁵

4. Biographical Information: See Burke's Peerage under "SETON of Pitmedden" & Brian Tompsett at http://www.dcs.hull.ac, on an unknown date,. ¹⁷⁶⁵

5. Biographical Information: With his marriage to Elizabeth Gordon, the only surviving child of her father Adam de Gordon, he took the title of Lord of Gordon and was given lands inheritied by Elizabeth including the Huntly Castle and the title of Huntly. His son, Ale, on an unknown date,. ¹⁷⁶⁵

Alexander married Elizabeth GORDON Heiress of Gordon [7473] [MRIN: 5664], daughter of Sir Adam DE GORDON [7486] and Elisabeth DE KEITH [7487], in 1401 in Huntly, , Aberdeen, Scotland.¹⁷⁶⁵ (Elizabeth GORDON Heiress of Gordon [7473] was born in 1384 in Huntly, , Aberdeen, Scotland,¹⁷⁵⁰ died on 16 March 1438 in Huntly, , Aberdeen, Scotland ¹⁷⁵⁰ and was buried on 16 March 1438 in Aberdeen, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ¹⁷⁵⁰.)