GRAHAM, John 4th Earl of Menteith ^{1 2}

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John married Marion SETON, daughter of George SETON 6th of that Ilk, 4th Lord Seton and Elizabeth HAY, 8 October 1548(contract).^{1 2} (Marion SETON was born about 1528 and died on 23 June 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland ¹.). The cause of her death was poisoning.

  Marriage Notes:

"The Earl married (contract dated 8 October 1548) Marion Seton, daughter of John, Lord Seton. She survived him, and married, as his third wife, John, tenth Earl of Sutherland, and was poisoned with him at Dunrobin 23 June 1567. The Earl had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 6)

Note: Marion's father was George, not John, Seton.




"Marion, who in her youth was a member of the household of Queen Mary of Lorraine. She was married first (contract dated 8 October 1548), with issue, to John, fourth Earl of Menteith, who died in January 1564-65 ; and secondly, as third wife, without issue, to John, tenth Earl of Sutherland. She died at Dunrobin from the effect of poison 23 June 1567."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) ^{1 2}