His birth index:

First name(s) ALEXANDER D
Last name SETON
Year range 1854
Place KINGSTON
Country -
Regiment 100th Foot
Record source GRO Regimental Birth Indices (1761 to 1924)
Volume 27
Page 84
Record set British nationals armed forces births 1761-2005
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In the 1891 census he was a Major in the Royal Artillery born in 1855 in Kingston, Canada, with his two youngest children. Their elder three children were with his wife’s sister not far away.  His household:


First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status  Gender  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place

Alexander D Seton Head Married Male 36 1855 Major Royal Artillery Civil Engineer  Kingston, Canada
Emily I Seton Wife Married Female 39 1852 - Liverpool, Lancashire
Henry W Seton Son - Male 3 1888 - Lancashire
Mary L D Seton Daughter - Female 0 1891 - Lancashire
Margaret W ? Servant Single Female 30 1861 Nurse Domestic Servant  Liverpool, Lancashire
Emma Strangward Servant Single Female 35 1856 Cook Domestic Servant  New Ferry, Cheshire
Emily Toomer Servant Single Female 24 1867 Waitress Domestic Servant  Middlesex
Martha J Owen Servant Single Female 20 1871 Housemaid Domestic Servant  Lancashire

Census details
First name(s) Emily I
Last name Seton
Relationship Wife
Marital status Married
Gender Female
Age 39
Birth year 1852
Occupation -
Birth town Liverpool
Birth town as transcribed LIVERPOOL
Birth county Lancashire
Birth county as transcribed LANCASHIRE
Birth place England
House name The Heights
Street Park Road
Town -
Parish Golborne
City -
County Lancashire
Registration district Leigh
Archive reference RG12
Piece number 3083
Folio 100
Page 45
Record set 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
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The rest of his and Emily’s children, in the household of, probably, Emily’s sister Kate:

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status  Gender  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place

George H Morrison Head Married Male 51 1840 East India Merchant  Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
Kate Morrison Wife Married Female 43 1848 -  Calcutta, Bengal
Alfred H C Morrison Son Single Male 17 1874 Scholar  Liverpool, Lancashire
Anna Morrison Niece Daughter Single Female  11  1880  -  Liverpool, Lancashire
Jean J Seton Niece Single Female 11 1880  -  Lowton, Lancashire
Alexander C Seton Nephew Single Male 8 1883 -  Lowton, Lancashire
George W S Seton Nephew Single Male 6 1885 -  Golborne, Lancashire
Williamima Millar Servant Single Female 41 1850  Nurse Domestic Servant  Liverpool, Lancashire
Jane Walson Servant Single Female 23 1868 Waitress Domestic Servant  Castleton, Derbyshire
Annie Buttrey Servant Single Female 22 1869 Housemaid Domestic Servant  Newport, Shropshire
Agnes J Martin Servant Single Female 21 1870 Cook Domestic Servant  Liverpool, Lancashire

Census details
First name(s) George W S
Last name Seton
Relationship Nephew
Marital status Single
Gender Male
Age 6
Birth year 1885
Occupation -
Birth town Golborne
Birth town as transcribed GOLBORNE
Birth county Lancashire
Birth county as transcribed LANCASHIRE
Birth place England
Street Abercromby Square
Town -
Parish Liverpool
City Liverpool
County Lancashire
Registration district Liverpool
Archive reference RG12
Piece number 2915
Folio 78
Page 18
Record set 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
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In 1901 he was with his wife but they only had Henry with them:

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status  Gender  Age  Birth year  Occupation  Birth place

Alexander Seton Head Married Male 46 1855   Major Of Royal Artillery  Canada
Emily Seton Wife Married Female 46 1855   Living On Means  Liverpool, Lancashire
Henry Seton Son Single Male 13 1888   School Boy  Loughton, Lancashire
Annie Aithen Servant Single Female 22 1879   Housemaid Domestic  Scotland
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His death index:

First name(s) ALEXANDER D
Last name SETON
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1855
Age 81
Death quarter 1
Death year 1936
District NEW FOREST
County Hampshire
Volume 2B
Page 1165
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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In 1909 he was Gazetted to be transferred to the Genral Reserve of Officers:

GENERAL RESERVE OK OFFICERS.
The undermentioned Officers are transferred,
with substantive rank and seniority corresponding
to that which they held in the
Special Reserve of Officers, retaining their
honorary rank. Dated 23rd June, 1909 :—

...

From the Fife Royal Field Reserve
Artillery:—
Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel
Alexander David Seton.
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Burke includes:

“Ordained 1923, Vicar of Burley, Oakham, 1924-33”
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His probate index:

SETON the reverend Alexander David of the House of Mounil Barton-on-Sea Hampshire clerk died 24 March 1936 Probate LONDON 12 October to the reverend Alexander Nahum Carp clerk and Robert Cecil Dalton solicitor.  Effects £5062 8s 11d.
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Their church marriage transcription:

First name(s) Alexander David
Last name Seton
Name note -
Marriage year 1879
Marriage date 12 Feb 1879
Marriage place West Derby
Father's first name(s) George
Father's last name Seton
Spouse's first name(s) Emily Isabel
Spouse's last name Turner
Spouse's father's first name(s) Alfred
Spouse's father's last name Turner
County Lancashire
Country England
Record set England Marriages 1538-1973
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Their marriage registration index:

First name(s) ALEXANDER DAVID
Last name SETON
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1879
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ ALEXANDER DAVID SETON married one of these people
ISABELLA MEIKLE, ESTHER LOUISA PAYNE, EMILY ISABEL TURNER
District WEST DERBY
District number -
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8B
Page 631
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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