The first Seton tartan was not designed by the Seton family, no consultation took place with any representative, nor anyone who knew anything of our history or place in Scottish history.  It appeared in the volume by the Sobieski-Stuart (Allen) brothers in the mid-1800's called the Vestarium Scoticum, and all scholars of the subject agree that the work lacks any credibility.

The tartans here are designed to better represent the Seton Family, with colours which are historically long known to have been associated with the Setons.  The designs were created by using the Royal Stewart, Hamilton, Hay and Hepburn tartans, which families had a long association, descent and history with the Seton's. This in no way constitutes a certified list, and only serves to illustrate design possibilities, these tartans are of my own design.

 

A few of the guidelines used are as follows:

A white center stripe in the center which signifies the Seton family creed of "Un Dieu, Un Foy, Un Roy, Un Loy", which is old Scots-French for, "One God, One Time, One King, One Loyalty" written by the former head of the family George, 7th Lord Seton which was engraved above the entrance of the Palace of Seton.  It also emulates that in the Victoria Stewart tartan, commemorating Sir Henry-John Seton of Abercorn who was a groom-in-waiting to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.  The Royal Blue stripes are for the Royal connections of the Seton's, having inter-married with the Royal House on four occassions.  The Violet stripes commemorate the noblility of the Seton Family, and also come from the Montgomerie Family.  Yellow stripes are added from the Seton Arms, and also taken from Gordon Family tartan. The black stripes commemorate the many Catholic Clery in the family and for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American Saint, and the Green stripes are for the many lands the Seton's held in Scotland.

The Old Seton Tartan