15 Interesting Facts About English Setters You Probably Never Knew By Allen Abby - The origin of the English Setter is controversial and has generated a lively debate among breeders. Some attribute the role of the ancestors of the breed to the “Spaniards”, others – to the ancestors of modern spaniels. The true roots of the setters are unknown. The only indisputable fact is that this is an English breed, whoever its distant ancestors were. Please follow and like us: