Sir John Seton of Garleton, 1st Baronet (September 29, 1639 – 1686) was a younger son of George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton

George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton

George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton was a notable Royalist and Cavalier, the second son of Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton and 6th Lord Seton, by his spouse Margaret, daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 3rd Earl of Eglinton....

 (died 1650), by his spouse Elizabeth, daughter of John Maxwell, 7th Lord Herries of Terrigles.

He was created a baronet of Nova Scotia by King Charles II

Charles II of England

Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

 in 1664, and married Isabel, daughter of John Home, of Renton, Lord Renton, by whom he had several children, including his successor Sir George Seton, 2nd Baronet, of Garleton, East Lothian

East Lothian

East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative centre is Haddington, although its largest town is Musselburgh....

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This family became Jacobite

Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the political movement in Britain dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland, later the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the Kingdom of Ireland...

s and engaged in the 1715 Jacobite uprising.