A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . Anderson of Cobinshaw, Midlothian, then residing at Monkshill, inAberdeenshire. Being a man of literaryand scientific acquirements, the Univer-sity of Aberdeen conferred upon himthe honorary degrees of In 1784, Dr. Anderson wasappointed by the Government to inspectand report on the state of the Fisheries inthe Western Highlands and Islands ofScotland, and he appears to have dis-charged his duties in a very satisfactoryman
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . Anderson of Cobinshaw, Midlothian, then residing at Monkshill, inAberdeenshire. Being a man of literaryand scientific acquirements, the Univer-sity of Aberdeen conferred upon himthe honorary degrees of In 1784, Dr. Anderson wasappointed by the Government to inspectand report on the state of the Fisheries inthe Western Highlands and Islands ofScotland, and he appears to have dis-charged his duties in a very satisfactorymanner. In terms of the deed of settlement,Dr. Anderson assumed the surname ofSeton, and was thereafter designed JamesAnderson-Seton in all legal documentsconnected with the estate of Mounie. Byhis wife, Margaret Seton, he had severalchildren, most of whom died young. 3R. 498 THE OUTRAM CONNECTION The connection between the Setons of Mounie and the Outram familyis shown in the annexed table :— James Anderson of Cobinshaw=MARGARET Reid. James Anderson:of Cobinshaw. :Margaret Seton, George Knox=Christian Anderson heiress of Mounie. of Craigleith. Margaret Anderson=Benjamin Outram. Christian: (or Seton). Knox. :William Sligo. Sir James Outram, Bart. Anna Seton Outram=George Sligo of Seacliffe. (the Bayard of India). Sir William Cornwallis Harris=Margaret Sligo=A. Vincent Smith heiress of Sea- (brother of Archbishopcliffe. Smith), who assumed the surname of Sligo. Alexander, the eldest son, succeeded his mother, who died 26thNovember 1788. The following epitaph, by her surviving spouse, sets forth the characterand merits of the heiress of Mounie :— SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARGARET SETON who never intentionally gave pain to any living creature. Her judgment was sound, her per-ceptions clear, her taste refined, her integrity incorruptible, her beneficenc
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