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SEMPILL — SETON. 113 he obtained a divorce ill Dee. lStil.(') He m secondly, IS Nov. 1S62, at St. James's, Westm., Frances Emily, 7th and yat. da. of Sir Robert John Abbr- cromby, 5th Bart. [S.], of Birkenbng, by Elizabeth Stephenson, da. of Samuel Douglas, of Netherlaw. She 13 May 1887, at Bad Honiburg. He m. thirdly. 30 April 1890, Mary Beresford, 3d and yet. da. of Henry Porter Sherbkookk, formerly LiOWR, of Oxton Hall, Notts, by Louisa Autie Fleming, da. of William Fane. Family Estatts. — Those of the Baroness Sempill in 1883 appear to have been under 2,000 acres ; those of Forbes of Craigievar (the present holder of the Barony) consisted, at that date, of 9,347 acres in Aberdeenshire, worth t'8,539 a year. Principal Residences. Craigievar Castle, Fintray House, and Whitehouse, all in co. Aberdeen. SEMPILL Robert Sempill who on 16 July 1723, was described as " Mr. Hubert Sempill, Captain of the Kegitneut of Dillon," appears to have been, after that date, cr. a Peer of Scotland (LORD SEMPILL) by the titular King James III ( b ) He m. Elizabeth who survived him. He d. at Paris intestate. Admon. as " Robert Lord Sempill, alias Robert Sempill," 11 Nov. 1737. Francis (Sempill), Lord Sempill, s. and h., mentioned as such( c ) in the admon. aboveuamed, 11 Nov. 1737. He possibly was the Francis Sempill who m. Mary, widow of John Caryll, of Hartiug, co. Sussex (d. v.p. 8 April 1718), da. of Kenneth (Mackenzie), 4th Earl of Seafohth [S.] She was bur. at Harting 10 Sep. 1740. He d. 9 Dec. 1748, and was bur. at Si Andrew's, Chartres, in France. S EKIM fl A PAT A M. See " Harris of Surisqapatam and Mysore, in the East Indies, and OF BELMONT, co. Keut," Barony {Harris), cr. 1815. SEHLPiY. i.e., " Monckton of Serlhy, co. Nottingham," Barony (Monckton- Arumlell), Barony, cr. 1S87 ; see " Galway " Viscountcy [I.], cr. 1727, under the 7th Viscount. SETON. Barony [S.] |, George Seton, of Seton, in East Lothian, only s. I. 1448. an<1 • <>f Sir William Skton (slain v.p. 17 Aug. 1424), the only s. and h. ap. of Sir John Skton, of Seton, by Janet, da. of George (Dunbar), Eaul of Dunbar or March [S j, sue. his said grand- father about 1441 ; had a safe custody to puss thro' England, 24 April 1448, and was, between that date and 20 June 1449, cr. a Peer of Pari., LORD SETON [S.] He was again on embassies to England, 16 March 1472, and 24 Aug. 1473. He «i. firstly, before Jan. 1436 (date of a Papal confirmation of their previous marriage) Margaret, da. and h. of John (Stewart), Earl of Buchan [S.], Con- (") She IB. 19 June 1862, Septimus E. Carlisle, and d. 11 Dec. 1872. ( h ) See vol. i, p. 59, note " b," sub " Albemarle," for a list of " Jacobite rtcngrt," m which, however, this one is (by an oversight) omitted. (°) His brothers and sister, " Hugh Seinpill, Esq., George Sempill, Esq., and Henereta Sempill, spinster," are also mentioned therein. C l ) The traditional origin of this most illustrious family is that it was a branch of that of Say, being founded by David de Say, who obtained from David I. [S.] (1124— 1153) l, UK i s ;„ Kast Lothian, called Say-toun or Seton. Margaret de Seton, m descendant and heiress, m. about 1340 Alan de Wiutoun (probably a cadet of the Setou family) and their issue bore the name of Seton, their grandson being Bit John Seton, grandfather of the first Lord. I