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WHITTINGHAME TOWER
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Whittingehame
Tower, photo from the 19th century © 2005 | |
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The old Tower of Whittingehame near
Athelstaneford in Haddingtonshire, East Lothian dates
from the 15th century, and was a possession of Douglas
the family and came to the Seton's by way of marriage.
Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston, the famed
adherent of King Charles I and of Charles II, who
defended Tantallon Castle against Cromwell with his
"Moss Troopers", married as his second wife, Elizabeth
Douglas, heiress of Sir Archibald Douglas of
Whittingehame. Although possessing other smaller
estates locally, such as Stoneypath, Stenton and
Kingston, Whittingehame was his personal favourite
residence to which he adorned various improvements
including the plaster ceiling in the Hall of the Tower,
circa 1651, being a copy of that of his father's at
Winton House, Pencaitland. It is from Viscount
Kingston and Elizabeth Douglas' line, from their
daughter Elizabeth's marriage to the Hon. William Hay of
Drumelzier, that the current Head of the Seton Family
descends and which marriage eventually brought
Whittingehame to that family.
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