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Topics of interest to Seton explored by the author of this site
Mr. Seton Is Disappointed Part IV
“Edinburgh Castle” by David L. Witt, May 7, 2026. Ernest Thompson Seton’s ancestor, George Seton, attempted to claim the title of Earl of Winton in an 1825 legal proceeding in Edinburgh. This is the fourth installment in a true law series. An Illusion of Delusion As...
Seton Palace, East Lothian, Scotland
Seton Palace and the Forth Estuary by Alexander Keirincx. Image courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland. Seton Palace, located east of Edinburgh, Scotland, was one of the most important buildings of its kind in the seventeenth century. Two Artists, One View...
Seton After the Battle of Langside Part VI
George, Fifth Lord Seton and his family by Frans Pourbus the Elder. Image courtesy of the National Museums of Scotland Ernest Thompson Seton’s ancestor George Seton, surrounded by his family sat for a portrait in 1572. George Seton had survived the Battle of Langside...
Mr. Seton Is Disappointed Part III
“Edinburgh, The Tolbooth and Cannongate” by David L. Witt, May 7, 2026. Legal proceedings by George Seton to claim the title of Earl of Winton took place at the Cannongate courthouse in Edinburgh in 1825. I searched for it during a recent visit to that city. I knew...
Monarch of the Glen
Art Historian with Monarch painting Monarch of the Glen, the famous painting of a Red Deer by Edward Landseer, influenced the art of Ernest Thompson Seton. One of the great treasures of Scotland’s National Galleries in the capital of Edinburgh, in person, the portrait...
Mr. Seton is Disappointed Part II
“Edinburgh, the Tolbooth and Cannongate” by James Valentine, 1870s. The MacKinnan Collection. Acquired jointly with the National Library of Scotland with assistance from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Scottish Government and Art Fund. An important part of the...
Mr. Seton is Disappointed Part I
Cover art, Seton Earls of Winton (2015) George Seton, “The Saddler” (1796-1853) hoped to become Lord Seton, Sixth Earl of Winton. Ernest Thompson Seton’s great grandmother Ann was George’s auntie. Seton (that is, E.T.) had this to say about his ancestry in Trail of an...
The Last Wolf in Scotland
Wolf-less mountain in Scotland Ernest Thompson Seton wrote about his connection to Clan Cameron and to the name Seton. Seton-Thompson v. Thompson Seton He was so enamored of his Seton heritage that as a teenager he changed his last name from Thompson to Seton,...
The Serviceberry
Book cover, The Serviceberry (John Burgoyne, illustrator) I am always on the search for contemporary books addressing themes covered by Seton. For him, the realm of Nature is not only biological but also existing as a moral universe. Another facet of Nature is...
Ernest Thompson Seton Dies
Seton and the Wolf, undated Ernest Thompson Seton died midmorning Wednesday October 23, 1946, in his bedroom on the main floor of Seton Castle, Santa Fe, New Mexico. His final journal entries ended somewhat earlier. Even though the event happened seventy-nine years...
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