Earl of Dunfermline
Earl of Dunfermline was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . The title was named after the town of Dunfermline in Fife .
Award and history of the title
The title was created on March 4, 1605 for Alexander Seton, 1st Lord Fyvie . This was a younger son of George Seton , 5th Lord Seton .
On March 4, 1598 he was raised to Lord Fyvie , with the special addition that this Lordship of Parliament, in the absence of male descendants of his own, could also be inherited by his next older brother Sir John Seton of Barns and his male descendants.
His grandson, the 4th Earl, initially served under William of Orange during the Glorious Revolution , but switched sides and fought as a cavalry leader in the Battle of Killiecrankie on the Jacobite side in 1689 . The Scottish Parliament then declared him an outlaw in 1690 and confiscated his titles and lands. He died childless in exile in France in 1622.
List of the Earls of Dunfermline (1605)
- Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline (1556-1622)
- Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline (1615–1672)
- Alexander Seton, 3rd Earl of Dunfermline († 1677)
- James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline († 1694) (title forfeited 1690)
See also
- Baron Dunfermline (1839)
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Dunfermline, Earl of (S, 1605-forfeited 1690) at Cracroft's Peerage