David Bethune
David Bethune may refer to: * David Beaton (c. 1494–1546), also Bethune, Scottish cardinal * David Bethune of Balfour (1648–1708), Scottish landowner and politician * David Bethune of Creich David Bethune, 8th of Creich (c.1605–1660), his family name pronounced and sometimes written Beaton, was a Scottish landowner and politician from Fife. Origins Born about 1605, possibly at the family castle of Creich, he was the eldest surviv ...

David Beaton
David Beaton (also Beton or Bethune; 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scotland, Scottish Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal prior to the Scottish Reformation, Reformation. Career Cardinal Beaton was the sixth and youngest son of eleven children of John Beaton (Bethune) of Balfour in the county of Fife, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir David Boswell of Balmuto. The Bethunes of Balfour were part of Clan Bethune, the Scottish branch of the noble French House of Bethune. The Cardinal is said to have been born in 1494. He was educated at the universities of University of St Andrews, St Andrews and University of Glasgow, Glasgow, and in his sixteenth year was sent to Paris, where he studied civil and canon law (Catholic Church), canon law. In 1519 King James V of Scotland named him ambassador in France. In 1520, his uncle, James Beaton, Archbishop of Glasgow, named David Beaton Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector and Prebendary at Cambuslang#David Beaton, Cambusla ...
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David Bethune Of Balfour
David Bethune of Balfour (1648–1708), his last name pronounced and sometimes written as Beaton, was a Scottish landowner and politician from Fife who opposed the Union of 1707. Origins Born in 1648, probably at the family castle of Balfour in the parish of Markinch, he was the son of James Bethune, 13th of Balfour, (1620–1690) and his first wife Anna Moncreiff (1630–1649), daughter of Sir John Moncreiff of Moncreiff, 1st Baronet. Life On the death of his father in 1690 he inherited the ancestral lands as 14th laird of Balfour. Elected by his fellow landowners, he became a Commissioner for the county of Fife in the Parliament of Scotland. Among his contributions was a protest on 13 September 1703 against an Act that would allow the importation of French wines and brandy, on the grounds that this was dishonourable, inconsistent, and prejudicial: the measure passed anyway. In 1705 he protested against a proposed treaty with England, and was recorded in the roll of members ...
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