Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1555–1622). Scottish lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord President of the Court of Session from 1598 to 1604, Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1604 to 1622 and as a Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland.
He was the son of George Seton, 7th Lord Seton, and Isobell Hamilton. The Setons remained a Roman Catholic family after the Scottish Reformation of 1560, and continued to support
Mary, Queen of Scots,
after her abdication and exile in England.
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Portrait by David Des Granges
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Portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger
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George Seton, his daughter Margaret and his sons, by Frans Pourbus the Elder (Alexander is the boy on the right)
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