Andrew Beaton

He was a son of James Beaton of Balfarg and Helen Melville.

Andrew Beaton (d. 1577) was a Scottish courtier.

One of his brothers, James Beaton, was Archbishop of Glasgow, who became an important ally of Mary, Queen of Scots, after she was deposed in Scotland.

In 1565 Andrew Beaton carried letters from Charles IX of France and Catherine de' Medici to Mary, Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley.[1]

In 1572 Beaton, followed another brother John Beaton in becoming Master of Mary's household in England, in charge of her servants and household expenses.[2]

He hoped to marry Mary Seton, one of the queen's companions. She had made a vow of celibacy, so Beaton travelled to obtain a dispensation. Mary wrote to him from Sheffield Castle on 22 August 1577, with political news, instructions, and a reminder to get her some novelties from the shops in Paris.[3]

He died in France in 1577.

His replacement as Master of the Queen's Household was Andrew Melville of Garvock, who married Jane Kennedy.

References
  1. Calendar State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth: 1564-1565, vol. 9 (London, 1870), p. 401 no. 1280.
  2. Rosalind K. Marshall, Queen Mary's Women: Female Relatives, Servants, Friends and Enemies of Mary, Queen of Scots (John Donald: Edinburgh, 2006), p. 150.
  3. A. Labanoff, Lettres de Marie Stuart, vol. 4 (London, 1852), pp. 377-381, 393.
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