A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . he ornateparapet are insertions of 1602. The new north-east tower is elaboratelyornamented with coats of arms, etc., and the mantelpieces on the secondfloor are amongst the finest works of this description in In an interesting chapter on Masters of Works and Master Masons,the same authors inform us that, to a large extent, the fabrics of thefifteenth and sixteenth centuries were erected under the supervision of theowners the
A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries [With plates, including portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, a bibliography and genealogical tables.] . he ornateparapet are insertions of 1602. The new north-east tower is elaboratelyornamented with coats of arms, etc., and the mantelpieces on the secondfloor are amongst the finest works of this description in In an interesting chapter on Masters of Works and Master Masons,the same authors inform us that, to a large extent, the fabrics of thefifteenth and sixteenth centuries were erected under the supervision of theowners themselves. Thus, the great edifices of Fyvie, Pinkie, etc., wereerected (about 1613) under the supervision, and probably from the designs,of Chancellor Seton, the details of the execution being evidently intrustedto local tradesmen. In like manner, Huntly Castle was built, about thesame date, by the Marquis of Huntly. Both of these noblemen weredistinguished men who had travelled abroad, and whose observation 1 Statistical Account of Scotland (1845), xi. 2 The Castellated and Domestic Architecture 477- of Scotland, ii. 278 et seq. 424 JOHN, VISCOUNT MELGUM. of what they had seen is impressed on many of the features of By his wife, Lady Henrietta Stuart, eldest daughter of Esme, Duke of Lennox, the Marquis had five sons andfour daughters:— i. George, second Marquis of Huntly. 2. Lord Francis, who died in Ger-many in 1620. 3. Lord Adam Gordon of Auchindoun. 4. Lord Laurence, who, on the 20thDecember 1616, had a charter of Auch-terarne and other lands in the county ofAberdeen, in which he is designed fourthlegitimate son of George, Marquis ofHuntly. He died at Strathbogie, agedtwenty. 5. Lord John, created Viscount Mel-gum and Lord Aboyne by Charles 11. in1627, but he did not long enjoy his honours,as he lost his life at the burning of Fren-draught Castle, as previously stated, in October 1630. According to a contemporary author, the Viscount mighthave saved himsel
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