Background
He succeeded his father Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton in March, 1603.
He succeeded his father Robert Seton, 1st Earl of Winton in March, 1603.
A devoted Catholic and supporter of the Stuarts all of his life, he began rebuilding the Seton Palace, which his brother the 3rd Earl continued and completed.
Robert, 2nd Earl of Winton was, however, unbalanced, and went mad on his wedding night, emptying a chamber pot down his bride"s cleavage, and was accordingly kept shut away at Seton, where he diligently worked away on his building project and the management of the family estates, until his death. Lord Winton married, on 1 February 1603, Ann (d 6 July 1609), only daughter of John Maitland, 2nd Lord Maitland of Thirlestane. She subsequently petitioned for divorce on the grounds of her husband"s impotence.