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Earl of
Dunfermline, was the 4th son of George, the 7th
Lord Seton, and godchild of Queen Mary "of
Scots". From her he received the lands of
Pluscarden. His father sent him to Rome,
and he studied for some time in the Jesuits’
College. At the overthrow of the Roman
Catholic Church in Scotland he abandoned his
pursuits, and studied civil and canon law.
He passed as an advocate before James VI at
Holyrood in 1577, created a Lord of Session in
1586 and became Lord Urquhart, later Lord Fyvie.
James VI made him Chancellor of Scotland, and
Earl of Dunfermline, 1605.
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