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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: George Seton, 7th Lord Seton, Antonio, Prior of Crato, Anna d'Este, David Lindsay, John Popham, Richard Topcliffe, Akiyama Nobutomo, Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby, Paulus Buys, Barnabe Brisson, Francois de la Noue, Agostino Valier, Hans Fugger, James Burbage, Hendrick van Brederode, Florimond II Robertet, seigneur de Fresnes, Matthew Wesenbeck, Louis de Revol, Philipp Apian, Janos Zsamboky, Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Jacques, Duke of Nemours, Archduchess Maria of Austria, Pomponio Algerio, Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex, Ercole Bottrigari, Luis de Carbajal, Roberto di Ridolfi, Baltasar Barreira, Vitellozzo Cardinal Vitelli, Deng Zilong, Vincenzo Cartari, Robert Dymoke, Arthur Pole, Ilie II Rare, Scipione Ammirato, Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, Agostino Ramelli, Lodovico Leoni, Jan Niemojewski, Giuseppe Moletti, Hara Masatane, Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Takayama Tomoteru, Endo Naotsune, Augustinus Valerius, Petrus Morinus. Excerpt: George Seton V, 7th Lord Seton (1531-1586) was a Lord of the Parliament of Scotland, Master of the Household of Mary, Queen of Scots and Provost of Edinburgh. He was the eldest son of George Seton, 6th Lord Seton and Elizabeth Hay, a daughter of John Hay, 3rd Lord Hay of Yester. His childhood and schooling were in France. George Seton was Provost of Edinburgh in 1557, and from time to time would send his carpenter, Robert Fendour, to the Burgh Council as his representative. In February 1558, George Seton was one of eight commissioners sent to Henry II of France to negotiate the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Dauphin. On 29 November 1558, the Parliament of Scotland granted that Seton and the others had fulfilled their commission. In February 1559, the town council gave him funds to prepare a banquet for Mary of Guise on their behalf. However, Seton and the burgh council began...
