Robert Beaton of Creich
Robert Beaton of Creich (d. 1567) was a Scottish landowner and courtier.

Robert Beaton was a son of John Beaton of Creich, keeper of Falkland Palace and Janet Hay. He went to France with Mary, Queen of Scots in 1548.

His homes in Scotland included Creich Castle and the Place of Dunbog. He was extremely well-connected through his sisters and aunts.

Robert's older sister, Janet Beaton married James Crichton of Cranston Riddel, and secondly Simon Preston of Craigmillar Castle. In 1543 she divorced him to marry Walter Scott of Buccleuch. He was killed in a feud on Edinburgh's High Street in 1552, and she was later associated with the Earl of Bothwell.

Another sister, Margaret Beaton, married Arthur Forbes of Reres (d. 1586), and was known as "Lady Reres". She was also a companion of the queen. Rires Castle was in Kilconquhar, Fife.

Another sister, Grisel Beaton, married William Scott, younger of Buccleuch, and secondly in 1552 Andrew Murray of Blackbarony, and was the mother of Gideon Murray.

His aunt, Janet Beaton, was the second wife of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran. Another aunt, Elizabeth Beaton was a mistress of James V of Scotland. They had a daughter, Jean Stewart, who married Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll. Elizabeth later married John Stewart, Lord Innermeath, and was the mother of James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath and the poet John Stewart of Baldynneis.

The Laird of Creich and Alexander Forrester of Torwood were both in Paris in October 1560 and carried letters from the English ambassador Nicholas Throckmorton to William Cecil in London.

Robert Beaton of Creich died in 1567.
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