David Beaton
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David Beaton was Archbishop of St Andrews and the last Scottish cardinal prior to the Reformation.
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.
William Kirkcaldy of Grange
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Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange was a Scottish politician and soldier who fought for the Scottish Reformation. He ended his career holding Edinburgh castle on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots and was ha
Kirkcaldy of Grange, 1555–56, by François Clouet.
Woodcut of the "lang siege" of Edinburgh Castle showing the English intervention, Holinshed's Chronicle.