David Beaton of Melgund

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David Beaton of Melgund (died 1598) was a Scottish courtier and landowner.

David Beaton was the son of Cardinal David Beaton and Marion Ogilvy. He inherited Melgund Castle.

In June 1562 Mary Queen of Scots requested a "safe conduct", a kind of passport, for Beaton to travel to and from France through England. [1] The English diplomat in Scotland, Thomas Randolph wrote that he was going to represent the queen at the christening of Marie (1562-1623), the daughter of Sébastian de Luxembourg, Vicomte de Martigues. Martigues had fought at the siege of Leith. [2]

On 5 August 1586 he wrote from Dundee to Charles de Prunelé, Baron d'Esneval, a French envoy currently in Scotland, who he had received at court in February and was now about to leave Scotland. [3] D'Esneval had commissioned a copy of a portrait of James VI from a painter in Edinburgh, probably Adrian Vanson, at the request of Mary Queen of Scots. [4]

Beaton was Master of the Household for James VI of Scotland from 1583, [5] and also for Anne of Denmark and audited her household accounts. This position was not as lucrative as he hoped, and in 1592 with a cousin and fellow Master of Household to the queen, Harry Lindsay of Careston, he complained about their arduous roles and low wage compared to other officers, and missing allowances for the meals of ladies in waiting and other courtiers. [6]

Family

David Beaton of Melgund first married Margaret Lindsay, third daughter of the John, 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (d. 1563). In 1575 he married Lucretia Beaton (d. 1623), daughter of Robert Beaton of Creich and Jeane de la Ramvell (d. 1577). Lucretia was the sister of Mary Beaton, the attendant of Mary Queen of Scots. [7] Their children included:

Lucretia Beaton had been a maid of honour to Mary, Queen of Scots, until Carberry Hill. [9] After David Beaton's death, Lucretia Beaton married Andrew Wishart of Mylneden. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ CSP Foreign Elizabeth, vol. 5 (London, 1867), no. 163: Labanoff, vol. 1, p. 143.
  2. ↑ Joseph Bain, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 1 (London, 1898), p. 635.
  3. ↑ Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1914), pp. 590-1 no. 676.
  4. ↑ Agnes Strickland, Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, vol. 2 (London, 1843), p. 172.
  5. ↑ Gordon Donaldson, Register of the Privy Seal: 1581-84, vol. 8 (Edinburgh, 1982), p. 264 no. 1619.
  6. ↑ Michael Pearce, 'Anna of Denmark: Fashioning a Danish Court in Scotland', The Court Historian, 24:2 (2019) pp. 140, 147.
  7. ↑ Margaret Sanderson, Mary Stewart's People (Edinburgh, 1987), p. 19.
  8. ↑ Winifred Coutts, The Business of the College of Justice in 1600 (Edinburgh: Stair Society, 2003), pp. 509-10.
  9. ↑ Rosalind K. Marshall, Queen Mary's Women: Female Relatives, Servants, Friends, and Enemies of Mary, Queen of Scots (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2006), pp. 160–161: Teulet, 'Maison de Marie-Stuart', Relations Politiques, vol. 2 (Paris, 1862), p. 269.
  10. ↑ Winifred Coutts, The Business of the College of Justice in 1600 (Edinburgh: Stair Society, 2003), p. 509.
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