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- ↑ Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum ix, ratified in 1661
- ↑ G. Seton History of the Family of Seton, 1896; vol. I, pp. 337,349
- ↑ Gerald Wollaston The Coronation of King Edward VII: The Court of Claims - Cases and Evidence, 1903; pp. 169-173
- ↑ "SETON-STEUART DIES AT 72.; Sir Douglas Held Historlo Title in Scotland". The New York Times. 22 February 1930. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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