Seton, Alexander (London)

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Dates 1640s
Location London
Vocation Nobleman and soldier
Place of Birth Seton Palace, Haddingtonshire
Marriage Jean Fletcher (d.1650s); Elizabeth Douglas (d.1668); Elizabeth Hamilton; Mary Douglas
Issue 11 Children
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), v, 195-7; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

First viscount of Kingston. Spent two years in France (1636-8) before travelling across Europe. Returned to Scotland in 1640. Refused to sign Covenant, went into exile to Holland and France. Went to London in 1647, employed on several commissions by Charles I. After Restoration, held various military positions in milita in Haddingtonshire. Died at Wittinghame 1691

Son George was also born at Seton, died London 1678.