Sir John Seton, 1st Baronet

Who was Sir John Seton, 1st Baronet?

Sir John Seton of Garleton, 1st Baronet was a younger son of George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton, by his spouse Elizabeth, daughter of John Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries of Terrigles.

He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by King Charles II in 1664, and married Isabel, daughter of John Home, of Renton, Lord Renton, by whom he had several children, including his successor Sir George Seton, 2nd Baronet, of Garleton, East Lothian.

This family became Jacobites and engaged in the 1715 Jacobite uprising.