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FOURTH PERIOD 524 WINTOUN HOUSE From Maitland's History of the House of Seyton we find that Wintoun was built by George, tenth Lord Seton, and third Earl of Wintoun. FIG. 949. Wintoun House. Interior of King Charles's Room. " He built the house of Wintone (being burnt by the English of old, and the policy thereof destroyed) in anno 1620. He founded and built the great house from the foundation with all the large stone dykes about the precinct, park, orchard, and gardens thereof." According to Nisbet he was the second Earl of Wintoun, and died in 1650, while the late Dr. David Laing styles him the sixth Earl. In the Transactions of the Architectural Institute of Scotland, 1851-52, the late Dr. Laing has stated that whilst examining various records " I accidentally met with a notice which seemed to leave no doubt that