Alexander Seton (d. 1332)

Sir Alexander Seton (d. 1332), also known as Alexander de Seton, was a 13th-14th-century noble. He was married to Margaret Murray. He died during the Battle of Wester Kinghorn on 6 August 1332.^[1]

Life

Alexander was the eldest son of Alexander Seton and Christian Cheyne. Seton, with Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife, led a force of 1,000 men in attempting to oppose the landing of Edward Balliol, at Kinghorn, Fife on 6 August 1332.^[2] While leading the charge at the head of a force of 300, Alexander was killed.^[2] It is recorded that as many as 900 of the opposing Scottish force was killed.^[2] Alexander's brother Thomas was given as a hostage during the Siege of Berwick in 1333 and was executed, due to the terms of the hostages being broken. Another brother William, also drowned during an attack on the English fleet at Berwick. Alexander's father, was the Governor of Berwick who surrendered Berwick after a long siege in 1333.

Alexander was married to Margaret Murray, and died without issue. Alexander's sister Margaret, who became the heiress of Seton after the deaths of her brothers, married Alan de Wyntoun, and their eldest son William adopted the name and arms of Seton.^[3]

Citations

References

• Dalrymple, David Sir (1776), Annals of Scotland : from the accession of Malcolm III surnamed Canmore, to the accession of Robert I, Printed by Balfour & Smellie for J. Murray, London, retrieved 14 May 2012
• Lawrie, John. The history of the wars in Scotland, from the battle of the Grampian Hills in the year 85, to the battle of Culloden in the year 1746. (1783)
• Henderson, Thomas Finlayson. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 51 - Seton, Alexander (fl.1311-1340).