Branches
include: Kennoway
and the Baron
Baillie's of the
Barony of Kennoway;
Drummaird, Balgonie, Blackhall, Markinch, Potterhill;
of Dublin in
Ireland; of Pontefract
in Yorkshire, of Grimesthorp
Hall in Yorkshire;
and Lords of the
Manors of Treskerby, Trevornoe, Nanpean, and Little Treravel
in Cornwall; of
Calcutta and Bombay
in India; of France
and Flanders.
John
Seton 1st Baron of Cariston, 2nd son of
George, 6th Lord
Seton, by Elizabeth
his wife, dau. of
John, Lord Yester,
m. Isabel, dau. and
heiress of Balfour
of Cariston, co.
Fife.
During the absence
of his brother
George, 7th Lord
Seton, abroad, a
report of his
lordship's decease
having reached
Scotland, John was
put in possession of
his whole estate, as
appears by a charter
under the Great
Seal, dated 1545.
He also assumed the
titles of Lord
Seton, and sat in
parliament as a
peer; but, on his
brother's return,
was justly
dispossessed of both
estates and honours,
but stepped aside
honourably and
returned to his
estate of Cariston.
He had two sons,
George, his heir.
John (Sir). Knt., a
capt. in the Scots
guards in France, m.
a dau. of the Count
de Bourbon, by whom
he had a dau., who
in. Adinston, of
that ilk. The elder
son,
George Seton, 2nd
Baron of Cariston,
m. a dau. of John
Ayton, of that ilk,
co. Fife, and had
besides four
daughters, four sons, Alexander,
Andrew (who followed
his uncle and
settled in
Flanders),
Christopher; and his
successor, George.
George Seton, 3rd
Baron of Cariston,
who m. Cecilia, dau.
of Kynynmond, of
that ilk, and
Craighall, co. Fife,
and by her had three
sons and three dau's.,
George, his heir.
David, m. and
settled in
Yorkshire, and had
issue.
Alexander, m. the
widow of Binning of
Dunino.
Isabella, m. to
Seton of Parbroath.
Cecilia. Ami .-.
His son and
successor,
George Seton, 4th
Baron of Cariston,
m. Margaret, eldest
dau. of Sir Thomas
Seton, of Olivestob,
4th son of Robert,
1st Earl of Winton,
and left (with three daus., viz., Mary,
m. to Binning, of
Dunino; Elizabeth;
and Anne) six sons,
viz.,
I. George, d. young.
n. Christopher, his
heir.
in. Alexander, m. a
dau. of Lindesay, of
Pitkandlie, co.
Forfar.
iv. David, m.
Marjory, dau. and
heiress of
Archibald, of
Blackhall, co. Fife,
and had several
children, of whom,
David, m. Christian-
2nd dau. of Sir John
Clerk, Bart, of
Penicuick, co.
Edinburgh, and left
issue (besides other
children) a son,
Henry, capt. in the
French regt. of
Chasseurs
Britonniques, with
which corps he
served in the
Americas war, where
he was severely
wounded. He m.
Margaret, dau. of
George, 7th baron of
Cariston.
v. John, killed in a
scuffle at Falkland,
by a party of
Cromwell's troopers.
vi. William. The 4th
baron d. 1683, and
was suc. by his son,
Christopher
Seton, 5th Baron of
Cariston and was
heir to the Seton's
of Olivestob and the
Baronetcy of
Olivestob through
Right of his mother., who m1st.
Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Patrick
Lindesay, of
Woolmenton, co.
Fife, by whom he
had, with one dau.,
Catharine, m. to
John Lindsay, of
Kirkforthar, two
sons, and m2nd
Helen Watson (dau of Watson of Atherny
and had 8 children,
most of whom died
young.
George, his heir.
Christopher, who m.
Elizabeth, dau. of
Mr. John Adair,
geographer for
Scotland, and had
several children, of
whom, Robert (6.
1722: d. 1795), m.
Margaret, dau. of
Richard Cox. Esq. of
Dublin, by whom he
had (with two daus.,
Sarah, m. to Miles
Marley, Esq., and
Juliana, who d. unm.)
four sons, I.
Robert-Eglinton, an
officer in toe army,
killed in the
American war; u.
Winton ; in.
Christopher-Melville,
who both d. in
childhood; iv.
William-Carden, Col
C.B., b. 1775, who
commanded the 88th
regt. at Bartajos
and Salamanca; he d.
24 March. IA42,
having m. Margaret,
dau. of C. Hazlem,
Esq., by whom he had
(with two daus.,
Juliana-Josephine,
m. to the Rev. W.-H.
M'AIpine, and
Margaret, d. unm.)
four sons, 1 Miles-charles
Seton, Esq. of
Treskerby,
Camborne, Cornwall,
formerly an officer
in the 85th regt.,
6.23 Sept. 1808; m.
1st, 1832,
Ann-Maria, dau. and
heir of Josias Cocke,
Esq. of Camborne, by
whom he had,
William Carden, Leut.
82nd regt., 6.4 Feb.
1836;
Miles-Charles Capt.
67th regt., b. 17
Nov. 1838; and
Julia, who is »,; he
m. 2ndly, 1841,
Mary-Ursula, eldest
dau. of William, 2nd
Viscount Sidmouth,
by whom he has Henry
Cariston, b. 22 Jan.
1842,Bertram-William, b.
12 March, 1845,
Leonard-Miles, 6. 20
Feb. 1847,
Malcolm-Robert, b.
10 July, 1850,
Ronald, 6. 18 March,
1853, Edith-Mary.
Margaret, Ursula,
and Eva: 2 William-Carden.
major in the army,
m. 1847, Anna-Shaw,
only dau. of
Henry-Shaw Jones,
Esq. of Dollardstown,
co. Meath. and has
two sons,
Henry-Carden and
Robert-Eglinton; 3
John Harris: 4
Robert-Eglinton,
Capt. city of Dublin
militia, st. Jane
Garnett. Jean, m.
George, 7th Baron of
Cariston.
The 6th Baron m.
2ndly, Helen, dau.
of Watson, of
Atherov, and by her
had Issue, David,
Robert, James, who
all d. young; Anne;
Margaret; Mary, m.
to Mr. Lamont,
surgeon; and Jean,
m. to Christopher,
son of Lamont, of
Newton, lie d, 1718,
aged 73, and was s.
by his eldest son,
George Seton, 6th
Baron of Cariston,
who in. 1st,
Margaret, eldest dau.
of David Boswell, of
Balmuto, co. Fife,
by whom he had one
son, George, his
heir. He m. 2ndly,
Margaret, dau. of
James Law, of
Brunton, co. Fife,
and by her had (with
three daus.,
Margaret, d. young;
Elizabeth, m. to
Capt. George
Lindsay, of
Kirkforthar; and
Margaret, d. tuna.
1748) three1 sons,
viz.,
Christopher, who d.
at sea, leaving no
issue.
James, an officer in
the army engaged in
the '45, m. a dau.
of Simpson of
Brunton, and had one dau., Anne, who
d.
young.
John, capt.
of a West India
merchant ship.
The 6th Baron d.
1760, and was s. by
his son,
George Seton, 7th
Baron of Cariston,
who m. Jean, eldest
dau. of his uncle,
Christopher, and had
(with six daus.)
three sons, the
eldest of whom d.
young. He d. 1762,
and was *. by his
eldest surviving
son,
George Seton, 8th
Baron, and last
proprietor of Cariston, who d. unm. 1767, aged 45,
and was s. in the
representation of
the family by his
brother,
Christopher, at
whose death, a.
1819, it devolved on
the descendants of
their sister,
Margaret, who m.
Henry Seton,
grandson of David
Seton, of Blackhall,
4th son of George,
4th Baron of
Cariston, and had
(with two daus.,
viz., Jean, tn. to
William Blair, Esq.;
and Melville, m. to
William Dawson, Esq.
of Tayside, Perth)
two sons, David, a
capt. in the army.
d. s. p. 1826: and
George Seton, of
Bombay, who m. 12
Jan. 1819. Margaret,
2nd dau. of James
Hunter, Esq. of
Seaside, co. Perth,
and d. 1825, leaving
one son and two daus.:
George, Esq., M.A.,
Oxon, the representative
of line.
Elizabeth, m. July,
1838, to
Edward-James
Jackson, Esq., and
has issue.
Margaret, m. 9 July.
1845, to John
Buchanan-Hamilton.
Esq. of Leny,
Spittal, and
Bardowie, chief of
the clan Buchanan,
and has issue.
George Seton, Esq.,
M.A., Oxon,
representative of
the Setons of
Cariston, co. Fife,
b. 25 June, 1822;
called to the
Scottish Bar 1846;
m. 26 Sept. 1819,
Sarah-Elizabeth, 2nd
dau. of James
Hunter, Esq. of
Thurston, co.
Haddington, and has
issue,
i. George, b. 13
Feb. 1852.
i.
Elizabeth-Lindsay.
n. Margaret-Montgomerie.
in. Mary-Stuart.
Annals of the Setons
of Cariston and
Treskerby and their
Descendants in
Australia and Canada
/ by Peter Cariston
Fitzhardinge-Seton
BERTRAM
WILLIAM SETON
The
late Surveyor of the
General Post
Office, and
Postmaster of
Glasgow, was a son
of the late Mr.
Miles Charles Seton
(male line
representative of
the Cariston (Fife)
branch of the family
of Seton), of
Treskerby Manor,
Cornwall, and
formerly of the 85th
Regiment, by his
second wife the Hon.
Mary Ursula, eldest
daughter of the
second Viscount
Sidmouth.
Born in
1845, he was
educated for the
army, but the fact
that he had three
elder brothers
already in the
service changed his
plans.
In
May, 1867, after
taking first place
in the competitive
examination, he was
appointed to the
Receiver and
Accountant General's
Office of the G.P.O.
in London. With the
object of entering a
branch of the Civil
Service in the
West-end, he passed
another examination
in the following
year, and in
consequence received
an appointment to
the Board of Trade.
He was then
offered an
appointment as
Assistant-Surveyor
of the second-class
in the Post Office,
and the higher pay,
and prospect of
country life, led
him to accept it.
Accordingly he
served in Ireland
under Sir Reginald
Guinness, formerly
Surveyor in the
G.P.O., and
afterwards Chairman
of Guinness'
Brewery, till in
1878 he was promoted
to an Assistant
Surveyorship of the
First-Class, and
transferred to the
North-Eastern or
York district. Eight
years later he was
appointed Surveyor
of the Southern
District of Ireland,
in succession to his
former chief, Sir
Reginald Guinness.
In
1891 he left
Ireland, and had
charge for short
periods of the North
Wales, South
Midland, Eastern,
and South-Eastern
Districts
successively. From
1895 to 1900 he
remained in the
Western (Exeter)
District; then,
being tired of
travelling, he
obtained the
appointment of
Postmaster of
Glasgow.
After coming to
Glasgow Mr. Seton
introduced several
valuable reforms.
These included the
granting of a
Saturday
half-holiday to the
postmen, the
betterment of
certain Saturday
attendances of the
sorting clerks, and
the establishment of
a practice of
personally and
thoroughly
investigating all
cases of alleged
injustice and
hardship. These
arrangements were of
the greatest value
to the army of
hard-wrought men
under his command,
and have certainly
not diminished the
efficiency of the
public service.
Mr.
Seton retired from
the Civil Service in
September, 1906, and
died at Stockbridge,
Hampshire, on the
19th March, 1907. He
married, in 1869,
Isabella Mary,
second daughter of
Nelson Kearney
Cotter, M.D., of
Buttevant, County
Cork, and
grand-daughter of
Sir James Cotter,
second baronet, of
Rockforest, Mallow,
County Cork. He is
survived by his
widow and their only
child, Mr. Malcolm
Seton, of the India
Office, London.
