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Seton-Steuart baronets

The Steuart, later Seton-Steuart Baronetcy, of Allanton in the County of Lanark, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 22 May 1815 for Henry Steuart with special remainder to his son-in-law Reginald Macdonald. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Seton. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1930.

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The Steuart, later Seton-Steuart Baronetcy, of Allanton in the County of Lanark, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.1 It was created on 22 May 1815 for Henry Steuart with special remainder to his son-in-law Reginald Macdonald. The second Baronet assumed the additional surname of Seton. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1930.

Steuart, later Seton-Steuart baronets, of Allanton (1815)

The grave of Sir Alan Henry Seton-Steuart, St Ninian's Churchyard, Stirling source ↗
  • Sir Henry Steuart, 1st Baronet of Allanton and Touch (1759–1836)2
  • Sir Reginald Macdonald Seton-Steuart, 2nd Baronet (died 1838)2
  • Sir Henry James Seton-Steuart, 3rd Baronet (1812–1884)2
  • Sir Alan Henry Seton-Steuart, 4th Baronet (1856–1913)3
  • Sir Douglas Archibald Seton-Steuart, 5th Baronet (1857–1930)4
Coat of arms of Seton-Steuart of Allanton
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Crest
Out of an earl’s coronet a dexter hand grasping a thistle all Proper.
Escutcheon
Or, a fesse cheeky Azure and Argent, surmounted of a bend Gules, charged with three buckles of the Field ; on a sinister canton of the Fourth a lion passant-guardant Or pierced with a dart Proper, and in base a broken spear surmounted of a helmet both Proper. 5
Supporters
Two lions rampant-guardant both Proper, armed and langued Gules, collared of the Last, charged with three buckles Or.
Motto
Virtutis in rello praemium (The reward of valour in war); Over the crest: Juvant aspera fortes (Difficulties delight the brave)


References

References

  1. "No. 16969". The London Gazette. 27 December 1814. p. 2535.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 935.
  3. "Steuart, Sir Alan Henry Seton-". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Steuart, Sir Douglas Archibald Seton-". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. Debrett's baronetage (1921).