George Seton, Lord Seton

George Seton, Lord Seton, Master of Winton (May 15, 1613-June 4, 1648) was the eldest surviving son of the 3rd Earl of Winton, and continued the family's long-standing Roman Catholic traditions. Through his father's influence, he married, in 1639, Lady Henrietta Gordon, daughter of the Marquess of Huntly, with whom he made a great match and by whom he had four sons, of whom George succeeded his grandfather as Fourth Earl of Winton, and the others died young or without issue. He showed tremendous promise in displaying his military abilities and his firm attachment to the Royalist cause.

Although the family estates flourished under his stewardship, his father providing many opportunities to learn and excel at managing the family affairs, during the many troubles of the 17th century Lord Seton suffered great hardships at the hands of the rebels during the British Civil War, and his father having to dispone of the ancient family lands long held in Linlithgowshire, those of Wynchburgh and in particular that of Niddry Castle, to rescue him from imprisonment. He later died prematurely and unexpectedly of illness resultant of this imprisonment, at Seton on 4 June, 1648, predeceasing his father. His son George, succeeded as 4th Earl. His coat-of-arms appears in the beautiful large memorial window to the Great Marquess of Montrose, in Saint Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, as one of the prominent companions of that illustrious commander.