A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . rried Lady Sophia Hay, fifth daughter of Francis,ninth Earl of Errol, a virtuous, worthy, and chaste lady, who died 12thMarch 1642, leaving one daughter. This marriage was the means ofextinguishing a controversy between the Gordons and the Hays, whichabout twelve years previously had been the cause of two The four daughters, who all had issue, were :— 1. Lady Anne, married to James, third Earl of Moray. 2. Lady Elizabeth, mar
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . rried Lady Sophia Hay, fifth daughter of Francis,ninth Earl of Errol, a virtuous, worthy, and chaste lady, who died 12thMarch 1642, leaving one daughter. This marriage was the means ofextinguishing a controversy between the Gordons and the Hays, whichabout twelve years previously had been the cause of two The four daughters, who all had issue, were :— 1. Lady Anne, married to James, third Earl of Moray. 2. Lady Elizabeth, married to Alexander, second Earl of Linlithgow. 3. Lady Mary, who married William, Earl of Angus, afterwardsMarquis of Douglas, 15th September 1632. 4. Lady Jean, married to Claud, first Lord Strathbane, second son ofJames, first Earl of Abercorn, 28th November 1632. 9. George, second Marquis of Huntly. The first Marquis was succeeded, in 1636, by his eldest son, George,second Marquis of Huntly, who was then residing in France, and who, four 1 The Castellated and Domestic Architectureof Scotland, v. 555. 2 See Chamberss Domestic Annals ojScotland,i. SECOND MARQUIS OF HUNTLY 425 years previously, was created Viscount Aboyne, with remainder, afterhis death or succession to his father, to his son James and his was a great favourite with the young Prince Henry. In 1607 hemarried Lady Anne Campbell, daughter of Archibald, seventh Earl ofArgyll, when she was only thirteen years of age, an alliance which it washoped would quench the feud which had arisen between the families duringthe wars prior to Two years later (1609) he was intrustedwith a royal commission to suppress the Knights of the Morter, a secretAberdeenshire association of swaggering blades, who roamed throughoutthe country pillaging friend and foe ; and for several years was much mixedup with the conflicts of the Highland clans. As Earl of Enzie he had acharter of the lordship of Badenoch i
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