A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . / ,v//,/. - //>,/,//(?/;.?/ THE HUNTLY LINE 375. VII. Huntly (Seton-Gordon) NE of the earliest, and certainly one of the mostimportant, cadets of the House of Seton is that ofHuntly,1 which dates from the very beginning ofthe fifteenth century. Nearly all the representa-tives of that illustrious branch of the family took avery prominent part in the chequered annals ofScotland, but occasionally failed to exhibit theunswerving princip
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . / ,v//,/. - //>,/,//(?/;.?/ THE HUNTLY LINE 375. VII. Huntly (Seton-Gordon) NE of the earliest, and certainly one of the mostimportant, cadets of the House of Seton is that ofHuntly,1 which dates from the very beginning ofthe fifteenth century. Nearly all the representa-tives of that illustrious branch of the family took avery prominent part in the chequered annals ofScotland, but occasionally failed to exhibit theunswerving principles of loyalty by which the mainline was so honourably distinguished. The family of Gordon derived their namefrom the lands of Gordon in Berwickshire, where, at the end of the twelfthcentury, they appear as witnesses to charters by the well-known Earls ofMarch. Sir Adam de Gordon held the office of Justiciary of Lothian, in
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