David Beaton of Creich (died 1579) was a Scottish courtier and landowner.

Career

He was the son of

Robert Beaton of Creich Robert Beaton of Creich (died 1567) was a Scottish landowner and courtier. He served as a Master of Household to Mary, Queen of Scots. Robert Beaton was a son of John Beaton of Creich, keeper of Falkland Palace and Janet Hay. He went to France wi ...

and Jeanne de la Rainville (d. 1576), a French lady-in-waiting to

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. Their home was

Creich Castle Creich Castle is a ruined tower house near Creich, Fife, Scotland. The tower house and its associated buildings is a scheduled monument. There is a mention of a castle on the property in the 13th century, but it is uncertain what relationship th ...

. The family were also hereditary keepers of

Falkland Palace Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish Kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, providing an escape from political and religious turmoil. Today it is under the stewardship of ...

. His sister

Mary Beaton Mary Beaton (1543–1598) was a Scottish noblewoman and an attendant of Mary, Queen of Scots. She and three other ladies-in-waiting (Mary Livingston, Mary Fleming and Mary Seton) were collectively known as "The Four Marys". Family Mary was bo ...

, was a companion of

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, who married Alexander Ogilvy of Boyne. Another sister, Lucrece, brought up in the queen's household, married

David Beaton of Melgund 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 ...

. David did not have a son, so on his death in 1579 his brother Mr James Beaton became the keeper of Falkland Palace. In December 1599 his grandson David Beaton, apparent of Creich, was declared a rebel and his house or fortalice at

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was placed in the keeping of James Wemyss of Bogy. This was in connection with the murder in 1598 of John Murray, a servant of

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, by John Arnot, Goodman of Woodmill. On 15 September 1602 James Beaton and his son David Beaton agreed to resign the keeping of Falkland Palace and their lands of Darno in Fife to the crown. In exchange the Beatons were given the lands of Nether Byres and Urquharts, and the pasturage on the Lomond Hills.''Register of the Privy Council of Scotland: 1599-1604'', vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1884), pp. 495-6.

Family

He married Beatrix Leslie, daughter of

George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes (2 Aug 1484 – 24 November 1558) was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat. George was the eldest son and heir of William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes and Lord Leslie, who fell at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Georg ...

Ballinbreich Castle Ballinbreich Castle is a ruined tower house castle in Fife, Scotland. The castle was built in the 14th century by Clan Leslie, and subsequently rebuilt several times. There may have been an outer curtain-wall though this no longer survives. Much ...

. Their children included: * Agnes Beaton, who in 1580 married Sir James Chisholm of Cromlix.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaton, David 1579 deaths Court of James VI and I 16th-century Scottish people People of Falkland Palace