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David Beaton (also Beton or Bethune; [ a] c. 1494 – 29 May 1546) was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish cardinal prior to the 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.
David Beaton was a Scottish cardinal and statesman who promoted a close alliance between Scotland and France and who was an implacable opponent of the Scottish Reformation. Beaton became archbishop of St. Andrews in 1539 and papal legate in Scotland in 1544.
Beaton (or BETHUNE), DAVID, Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews, b. 1494; d. May 29, 1546. He was of an honorable Scottish family on both sides, being a younger son of John Beaton of Balfour, Fife, by Isabel, daughter of David Monypenny of Pitmilly, also in Fife.
May 29, 2018 · David Beaton was a cardinal and the archbishop of Glasgow and St Andrews in Scotland. He opposed the marriage between Mary, queen of Scots, and Edward of England, and was murdered in 1546 by supporters of the Protestant reformer George Wishart.
Prince Albert was the husband of Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort of the United Kingdom. He was influential in modernising the monarchy, acquiring Balmoral Castle in Scotland, and supporting liberal causes.
May 29, 2020 · On 29 May 1546, Cardinal David Beaton was murdered in St Andrews Castle. Cardinal Beaton was the last Scottish Cardinal prior to the Reformation. This was a challenging and deadly time to be the senior leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland.
Overview. David Beaton. (c. 1494—1546) cardinal and archbishop of St Andrews. Quick Reference. (1494?–1546), archbishop of Saint Andrews (1539–1546), abbot of Arbroath (1524), bishop of Mirepoix (1537), cardinal (1538), and papal legate a Latere (1544) who led the Scottish ecclesiastical establishment and Francophile ...
