James Beaton
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James Beaton (1473–1539) was a Roman Catholic Scottish church leader, the uncle of David Cardinal Beaton and the Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland.
Beaton's lodging in Edinburgh's Cowgate, demolished 1867, later belonged to his nephew David Beaton
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David Beaton was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish cardinal prior to the Reformation.
David Beaton
19th-century engraving of Cardinal Beaton
Statue of Cardinal David Beaton, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Beaton saw himself as a devoted servant of the Crown. These royal arms are from his apartments in St. Andrews Castle, Fife.