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  Earl of Winton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title Earl of Winton was once created in the Peerage of Scotland, and again the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It is presently held by the Earl of Eglinton.
Lord Winton was also condemned to death, but he managed to escape the Tower of London, and went to Rome, where he later died.
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 Winton Homes
Winton is a town and Local Government Area in central west Queensland, Australia, located 177 kilometres northwest of Longreach.
Winton is intimately involved in the story of the popular Australian folk song, Waltzing Matilda, which had its first performance in the North Gregory Hotel in the town.
Winton Malcolm "Red" Blount, Junior (born February 1, 1921 in Union Springs, Alabama - died October 24, 2002 in Highlands, North Carolina) was the United States Postmaster General from 1969-1971.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/231/winton-homes.html   (1670 words)

  
 Commotions and Adventures from 1610
The Earl of Caithness resolved to prosecute Donald Mackay, John Gordon, younger of Embo, with their followers, for the slaughter of Sinclair of Stirkage, and the mutilation of James Sinclair, brother of the laird of Dun, and summoned them, accordingly, to appear at Edinburgh.
The Earl of Caithness and his son, Lord Berridale, were accompanied by the Lord Gray, the laird of Roslin, the laird of Cowdenknowes, a son of the sister of the Earl of Caithness, and the lairds of Murkle and Greenland, brothers of the carl, along with a large retinue of subordinate attendants.
The Earl of Argyle, reviving an old claim acquired in the reign of James V., by Colin, the third earl, endeavoured to obtain possession of the lands of Lochiel, mainly to weaken the influence of his rival the Marquis of Huntly, to whose party the clan Cameron were attached.
www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/genhist/hist40.html   (4825 words)

  
 The Great Marischals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
3rd Earl Marischal (known as "William of the Tower"), was chosen by Queen Mary as one of 12 peers to manage the kingdom in her absence.
The Earl's daughters were Anne (married 1st in 1562 to James, Earl of MURRAY, who was Queen Mary's brother; married 2nd to Colin, Earl of Argyle), and Lady Jean (some say Janet), who married John Lord GLAMMIS (ancestors of the present Queen Elizabeth of England).
The Earl married 1st to Elizabeth, daughter of George Earl of Whinton, and had three daughters: Margaret (married 1st to Sir James HOPE of Hopeton, and 2nd to Sir Archibald MURRAY of Blackbarony), Mary (m.
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 Winton History: Edinburgh Scotland: Winton House
Winton was built by the Setons following a grant of land by David I to Phillip de Sayton in 1150.
In the sixteenth century, Henry VIII had Winton burnt in an effort to impress Mary Queen of Scots, and Mary Seton was later her Lady-in-Waiting.
The Earl's capture ended an era when Kings were entertained and master craftsmen were engaged fresh from Edinburgh Castle to embellish Winton House in the style of the Scottish Renaissance.
www.wintonhouse.co.uk /wintonhistory.php   (339 words)

  
 Winton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Earl of Winton, a forfeited title (1716) of the Setons, a Scottish noble family
Winton, New Zealand is a town near the southern end of the South Island of New Zealand
Winton, Eccles is a small village on the outskirts of Eccles, near Manchester, England
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 Domestic Annals of Scotland - Reign of James VI. 1603 - 1625 Part D
There were with the Earl of Caithness and his son Berriedale, the Lord Gray, the Laird of Roslin, the Laird of Cowdenknowes (the earl’s sister’s son), the Lairds of Murkle and Greenland (the earl's two brethren); these were the chief men of their company.
One George Sinclair—a natural brother of the Earl of Caithness, and who, if we are to believe Sir Robert Gordon (an enemy), had stained himself by a participation in the treacherous rendition of Lord Maxwell—sailed with nine hundred men, whom he had raised in the extreme north.
Theophilus Howard, Lord Walden (afterwards Earl of Suffolk), made a short journey of pleasure in Scotland; and as the details give some idea of the means there were in the country of entertaining a stranger of distinction, they may be worth noting.
www.electricscotland.com /history/domestic/vol1ch9d.htm   (4704 words)

  
 Overview of Winton House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Reconstructed and extended in 1619 by architect William Wallace (d.1631), the Master Mason to King James VI, for George Seton, 8th Earl of Seton and 3rd Earl of Winton, whose main seat was at Seton Palace behind Port Seton.
Winton was extended to the north and west in the Gothic-baronial style by architect John Paterson in 1805.
Today, Winton House is still a family home, and despite the 19th Century extensions, remains an important example of Anglo-Scots Renaissance architecture, a fact reflected by the number of grants awarded for its protection over the years.
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst261.html   (248 words)

  
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William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal (known as "William of the Tower"), was chosen by Queen Mary as one of 12 peers to manage the kingdom in her absence.
Black John Skirving who was Standard Bearer to Keith, Earl Marischal, at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, was wounded but survived, taken prisoner by the English and imprisoned for several years.
William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal, supported the King in the civil wars, and was captured by the English.
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 What's in Print
Winton, who is a stranger to most of us, held over a hundred patents, some of which were groundbreaking technology that were the basis for the mechanisms that run our cars today.
Prior to a race in 1901, Winton gave Henry Ford one of his new complete steering mechanisms with a steering wheel assembly because he thought someone would get killed with the device Ford was using.
Winton's early days were in the bicycle industry, and while the authors might be stretching it a bit when they state that Winton was a "world-renowned bicycle manufacturing company," they made a fine product and had many admirers.
www.wintonhistory.com /pages/whatsinprint.html   (432 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Alexander Seton, 3rd Earl of Dunfermline and others
She was the daughter of Hugh Montgomerie, 7th Earl of Eglinton and Mary Leslie.
She married George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton, son of Lord George Seton and Lady Henrietta Gordon, on 4 September 1662.
She married George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton, son of Lord George Seton and Lady Henrietta Gordon, circa 1682.
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 Corporate Hospitality & Conference Venue Edinburgh Scotland: Winton House
Winton House has been at the heart of Winton Estate for more than 500 years.
Winton House is one of Scotland’s finest stately homes and provides a marvellous venue for dinners, lunches & barbeques, conferences & meetings, activity days, team building, traditional Scottish weddings and almost any other corporate event.
The development of Winton Estate tends to be with the long term in mind; in the last 900 years it has been stewarded by only two family lines, the first being the Setons.
www.wintonhouse.co.uk   (308 words)

  
 Tranent - LoveToKnow 1911
The aisle may belong to the original building, but the rest is of the 16th century, excepting the small belfry of the 17th century.
The old house of Pencaitland stands in the grounds of Winton Castle, which was erected by the 3rd earl of Winton in 1620 but forfeited by the 5th earl, who was involved in the Jacobite rising of 1715.
Five miles south-east of Tranent is the village of Salton (or Saltown), where Gilbert Burnet, afterwards bishop of Salisbury, had his first charge (1665).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Tranent   (429 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - Sir Robert Seton and others
She was the daughter of George Seton, 3rd Earl of Winton and Hon.
She married John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Traquair, son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair and Catherine Carnegie, in April 1654 in Winton, England.
She married James Dalzell, 3rd Earl of Carnwath, son of Gavin Dalzell, 2nd Earl of Carnwath and Margaret Carnegie, on 10 December 1676.
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 History of Winton Recreation Ground   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Winton Recreation Ground has an interesting and varied history with developments occurring throughout the life of the site.
However, it was not until 1904 that land totalling 5.75 hectares was conveyed to Bournemouth Borough Council from the Earl of Malmesbury.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury opened the new Recreation Ground at Winton, consisting of 14 acres (5.75 ha) and was generously presented by the Earl of Malmesbury.
www.bournemouth.gov.uk /Visitors/Parks_Gardens_Countryside/Winton_recreation_ground/History_of_Winton_Recreation_Ground.asp   (577 words)

  
 The Newgate Calendar - THE FIRST REBELLION IN SCOTLAND. (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)
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Meanwhile the earl of Mar was in open rebellion at the head of an army of 3000 men, which was rapidly increasing, marching from town to town in Scotland, proclaiming the Pretender as King of England and Scotland, by the title of James VIII.
The earl of Scathforth and the marquis of Huntley, appeared in favour of the Pretender; but on the earl of Sunderland threatening to fall upon them at the head of his tenants, they laid down their arms.
In that of the earl of Derwentwater, he suggested that the proceedings in the House of Commons, in impeaching him, was illegal.
www.exclassics.com.cob-web.org:8888 /newgate/ng662.htm   (2781 words)

  
 Peerage of Scotland (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The ranks of the Scottish Peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Lord of Parliament.
Earls and Countesses in the Peerage of Scotland
Earl of Carlisle in the Peerage of England
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 MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Seton Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1581 he was one of the judges at the trial of the Earl of Morton, accused of complicity in the murder of Darnley.
The earl’s brother, Alexander Seton, was appointed Lord President of the Court of Session, Scotland’s highest judicial office, and then Chancellor of Scotland.
Staunch Jacobites, the fourth Earl of Dunfermline forfeited his title for his support of Viscount Dundee in 1689, as did the fifth Earl of Winton after the 1715 rising.
www.myclan.com /clans/Seton_312/default.php   (767 words)

  
 Clan Montgomery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although the Clan in general embraced the new faith when it arrived in Scotland, Hugh, the Earl's son, remained Catholic and was a staunch supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots.
He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Langside in 1568 while defending the queen in her last battle.
Ironically, his daughter married the Earl of Winton and their son, Alexander, sixth Earl of Eglinton and chief of the Clan Montgomery, was a staunch Presbyterian who fought for the covenantors in the wars of Charles I. Alexander's son, George, started the branch of Montgomerys at Skelmorlie.
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 Mac-ency-R
Their relatives by blood and marriage on the Continent were brought in by them; and the fact partly explains the extraordinary spread of the Fraternity over Europe and as far east as Moscow during the first twenty-five years after the erection of the Mother Grand Lodge.
In 1798 the Lodge contributed A:42 toward a jewel which was presented to the Earl of Aloira, Grand Master of the Antients when he became Governor General of India.
Earl Howe, Augustus Stanhope, and Earl Ferrers were entered between 1815 and 1848.
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 Archibald William Montgomerie
Archibald was born on 3 December 1841, at York, the son of Archibald William Montgomerie and Lady Adela Caroline Harriet Capell.
He was the 14th Earl of Eglinton, and Earl of Winton.
Lady Sophia was born on 26 July 1840, the daughter of Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham, 2nd Earl of Yarborough, and Hon.
members.cox.net /ghgraham/archibaldmontgomerie.html   (169 words)

  
 7/5/2006 - Winton, Louella Pierce - Obituaries - Chattanoogan.com
Louella Pierce Winton, of Chattanooga, died on Tuesday morning, July 4, 2006, in a local hospital.
Winton was a native of Trion, GA, and came to Chattanooga at an early age.
She is survived by her sons, Lebron Winton, and Dan, and his wife, Carol Winton, all of Chattanooga; grandchildren, Adam Winton, Steve Winton and Amy Winton; great-grandchildren, Gage Winton, Alyssa Winton and Mason Mize.
www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_88628.asp   (213 words)

  
 The Newgate Calendar - FOLLOWERS OF KING JAMES III.
The earl of Mar was by this time at the head of three thousand men, with whom he marched from town to town in Scotland, proclaiming the Pretender by the title of James the Third.
Chagrined by this circumstance, and hearing that the French king was just then dead, many of the rebels were for abandoning their enterprize till the arrival of the Pretender: but this intention did not take place; for on the 6th of October, 1715, Thomas Foster Esq.
Soon after the passing this sentence the earls of Winton and Nithisdale found means to escape out of the Tower; and Messrs Foster and M'Intosh escaped from Newgate: but it was supposed that motives of mercy and tenderness in the prince of Wales, afterwards George the second, favoured the escape of all these gentlemen.
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 Alexander Nisbet's Heraldic Plates - Part 4
The achievement of the earl of Morton accompanies the preface.
An exception to the rule of presenting the arms is to be found in the case of the Carnwath mantle, where a tasteful extension of the lambrequin supplies the place of the usual armorial detail.
The plate of arms of the countess of Winton, the sole example of a lady's achievement in the present collection, shews the lozenge adorned with the widow's cordelire.
www.valacar.net /nisbet/origins/plates4.htm   (9438 words)

  
 House of Lords Journal Volume 13: 28 November 1678 | British History Online
Butler M. The Earl of Huntingdon, the Earl of North'ton, and the Lord Berkeley, are added to the Committee for Examinations.
The Earl of Clarendon, being speaking in the Debate the House was in concerning Tytus Otes, took Notice,
It is ORDERED, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That the Confinement the Earl of Dorset is under be taken off; and also the Consinement under which the Earl of Pembrooke is, who hath hereby Leave given him to retire himself to his House at Wilton.
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 MY STENHOUSE ORIGINS
century the direct ancestors of the Earls of Winton flourished as the baronial family of Seaton, the possessors, holding in capite of the Crown, of the extensive properties of Seaton and Winton, in East Lothian, and of Winchburgh, the principal castle of which was Niddry in Linlithgowshire.
These identical properties continued to be enjoyed by their descendants until the forfeiture in 1716, with the exception of Winchburg, or the barony of Niddry, as it was subsequently termed, which, along with the office of hereditary sheriff of Linlihgowshire, was sold in the middle of the 17
She checked under Tranent and was pleased to say that she found an entry for the Earl of Winton's estates for the mid 17th century.
home.c2i.net /stenhouse/stenhouse/MICHAELSPAGES/my_stenhouse_origins.htm   (967 words)

  
 Winton House Details (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Just as the Earl of Winton entertained the King in 1633, Winton House today has the same enthusiasm for a gathering!
In fact in 2005 Winton House won a World Travel Award for overall client service and venue.
The warm atmosphere of Winton House has taken half a millennium to develop, making it a very special venue for corporate hospitality and incentive events.
www.exclusivevenue.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /WintonHouseDetails.htm   (218 words)

  
 Discussion Archive
If I recall correctly the Earl of Eglinton was the club captain at Prestwick at that time and presented the first trophy which was perhaps donated by him too.
The statue was cast in Bronze, and the Earl was holding a pack of cards in either his right or left hand.
am researching the history of the Earldom of Winton from its forfeit by George, 5th Earl of Winton in 1716 after capture at the battle of Preston, to the circumstances surrounding the revival of the Earldom of Winton in 1859.
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 Earl of Winton (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Earl of Winton - Google News (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)
The Vocal Arts Ensemble led by music director Earl Rivers presents its annual...
Motter and the choirs of New Richmond High School (Saturday), Winton Woods High...
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