George Lewis Seaton House [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
George Lewis Seaton House
The George Lewis Seaton House, located at 404 South Royal Street in Alexandria, Virginia and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is the former home of George Lewis Seaton, a nineteenth-century African-American civic and political leader.
History.
George Lewis Seaton was the first African-American legislator from Alexandria elected to the Virginia General Assembly. He was a wealthy man who tried to forge peace and understanding between the whites and blacks of his area. Seaton built several important
Dublin, became parson here in 1351.
Major-General Robert Overton a prominent soldier and scholar who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War, was buried here in 1678.
When Henry Royce (founder of Rolls Royce) was created a baronet, he took Seaton as his territorial designation. His family had worked here as millers.
The village has one public house - the George and Dragon, on Main Street.
In the east of the parish is Seaton Meadows SSSI.