A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . at name in the county ofLinlithgow, from which the Duke of Abercorn alsoderives his title. In the year 1600 James vi. con-ferred the office of Sheriff-Principal of Linlithgow-shire upon James Hamilton, eldest son of Claude,Lord Paisley, by his wife, Margaret Seton, and thefollowing year he granted to him the barony ofAbercorn. In 1606 James Hamilton was createdEarl of Abercorn, and died before his father in 1618. The Hamiltonsafterwards
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries[With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . at name in the county ofLinlithgow, from which the Duke of Abercorn alsoderives his title. In the year 1600 James vi. con-ferred the office of Sheriff-Principal of Linlithgow-shire upon James Hamilton, eldest son of Claude,Lord Paisley, by his wife, Margaret Seton, and thefollowing year he granted to him the barony ofAbercorn. In 1606 James Hamilton was createdEarl of Abercorn, and died before his father in 1618. The Hamiltonsafterwards disposed of the barony to the Setons, by whom it was sold, in1678, to John Hope of Hopetoun, ancestor of the Earl of Hopetoun,1 whois also the present owner of Niddry, a still more ancient possession of theSeton family. Near the picturesque parish church of Abercorn—now within theHopetoun grounds—the two small streams of Cornie and Midhope unite,and hence the name Abercorn, the prefix Aber indicating the confluenceof the waters. During the middle ages the name was written Abercurnigor Abercornie. The church lands belonged to the Bishops of Dunkeld,. Pennys Linlithgowshire, p. 48. 356 SITE OF ABERCORN CASTLE
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