Old photograph of the most recent owners, the Ogilvy family, on the grounds of Winton House located between Pencaitland and Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland. The Seton family were granted lands in East Lothian, including Winton, by King David I of Scotland in 1150. In the ensuing years the estate has passed through the hands of several eminent families. The origins of the house date from 1480 when George, 4th Lord Seton, commenced the building of Wintoun Castle, a tower standing 4 stories high, surrounded by a defensive curtain wall. During the War of the Rough Wooing in 1544, Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, all but destroyed the original Wintoun Castle after bombardment and burning.
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