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'''James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline''' (died 26 December 1694) was a Scottish peer.
James Seton was a younger son of [[Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline]], and succeeded to the title at the death of his brother, [[Alexander Seton, 3rd Earl of Dunfermline]], at some point in 1677. He married Lady Jean Gordon, daughter of [[Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly]] and Mary Grant, about 6 July 1682.

Like his father, James was a [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]], and he joined the rising led by [[John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee|Viscount Dundee]] in 1689. James was Dundee's cavalry commander for most of the rising, and he led a troop of horse at the [[Battle of Killiecrankie]] in July 1689. After Dundee's death at the battle, James stayed with the rising as one of its senior figures until mid-1690. In the same year, he was outlawed and forfeited his estates and title. He then joined the deposed [[James II of England|James VII]] at [[Saint-Germain-en-Laye|St. Germains]], who conferred on him the [[Order of the Thistle]]. In 1694 James Seton died with no issue, thereby ending the earldom of Dunfermline. His prominent role in the 1689 rising, as an Earl and a member of the Scottish Privy Council, helps to disprove claims by some historians that Viscount Dundee's rising attracted no noble support other than Dundee himself.

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