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James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline

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221: 27: 174:. In 1694 James Seton died with no issue, thereby ending the earldom of Dunfermline. His prominent role in the 1689 rising, as an Earl and a member of the Scottish Privy Council, helps to disprove claims by some historians that Viscount Dundee's rising attracted no noble support other than Dundee himself. 161:
in July 1689. After Dundee's death at the battle, James stayed with the rising as one of its senior figures until mid-1690. In the same year, he was outlawed and forfeited his estates and title. He then joined the deposed
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in 1689. James was Dundee's cavalry commander for most of the rising, and he led a troop of horse at the
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Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1689
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