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See also:DUNFERMLINE, See also:ALEXANDER See also:SETON, 1ST See also:EARL OF (c. 1555-
1622), was the See also:fourth son of See also:George, 5th See also:Lord Seton, and younger
See also:brother of See also:Robert, 1st earl of Winton. He was sent as a boy to
See also:Rome, where he studied at the See also:Jesuits' See also:College with a view to
becoming a See also:priest. He turned, however, to the study of See also:law,
and after some years' See also:residence in See also:France was called to the See also:bar
about 1577. He was suspected of Romanist leanings by the
officials of the Scottish See also:kirk, and was temporarily deprived of
the priory of Pluscardine, which had been granted to him by
his See also:god-See also:mother, See also:Queen See also:Mary. In 1583 he accompanied his
See also:father, Lord Seton, on an See also:embassy to See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry III. of France.
His promotion was now rapid: he was made extraordinary
lord of session in '586 as See also:prior of Pluscardine, See also:ordinary lord of
session in '588 as lord See also:Urquhart, See also:judge in 1593, lord See also:president
of the See also:court session in '598, See also:Baron Fyvie in 1597 and See also:chancellor
in 1604. In 1595 he was one of the See also:commission formed by
See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI. to See also:control the royal See also:finance. The eight commissioners
were known from their number as the Octavians, and were
' For the word " dune " see DowN.
relieved of their functions about two years later. Urquhart's continued See also:influence was, however, assured, in spite of the animosity of the kirk, by his See also:appointment as lord See also:provost of See also:Edinburgh of nine successive years. He showed considerable See also:independence in his relations with James VI., and dissuaded him from his intention of forming a See also:standing See also:army in readiness to enforce his claims to the See also:English See also:crown. He was entrusted with the care of See also:Prince See also:Charles, afterwards Charles I., after the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's departure for See also:England, and arranged the details of the See also:union between See also:Scotland and England. He became chancellor of Scotland in 1604, and on the 4th of See also:March' 6o5 he was created earl of Dunfermline. He died at Pinkie See also:House, near See also:Musselburgh, on the 16th of See also:June 1622.
His son CHARLES, 2nd earl of Dunfermline (c. 1608-1672), was the offspring of his third See also:marriage with See also:Margaret See also:Hay, See also:sister of See also:John, 1st earl of See also:Tweeddale. He signed the See also:National See also:Covenant and was one of the leaders of the Presbyterian party, but as one of the " Engagers " of '648 he was prevented from holding any public See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, and after the See also:execution of Charles I. he joined Charles II. on the See also:continent. He was made privy councillor at the Restoration, extraordinary lord of session and lord of the articles in '667, and in '67' lord privy See also:seal. He died in May 1672. The earldom was then held successively by his sons Alexander (d. 1675) and James; but at the latter's See also:death, at St Germains on the 26th of See also:December 1694, the See also:title became See also:extinct.
See G. Seton, Memoir of Alex. Seton, first Earl of Dunfermline (1882); and See also:Sir Robert See also:Douglas, Scots See also:Peerage, vol. ii. (1906, edited by Sir J. B. See also:Paul).
End of Article: DUNFERMLINE, ALEXANDER SETON, 1ST EARL OF
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