Alexander Nisbet was a Scottish lawyer and antiquarian. He is remembered for his works on heraldry, which are considered to be some of the most complete and authoritative produced in the UK.
Memorial to Alexander Nisbet in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh.
Title page of A System of Heraldry.
Seton Palace
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Seton Palace was situated in East Lothian, a few miles south-east of Edinburgh near the town of Prestonpans. Often regarded as the most desirable Scottish residence of the sixteenth and seventeenth ce
Seton Palace in 1638 by Alexander Keirincx, National Galleries of Scotland
George Seton, 7th Lord Seton, and his children in 1572, including Margaret, Lady Paisley, Robert, Earl of Winton, Sir John Seton of Barns and Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline
Drawing of a game of pall-mall between Frederick V of the Palatinate and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen van de Venne, circa 1625