James Beaton (born 1517, died 1603) was a son of John Beaton of Balfour, Fife. He was a man of high character and much esteemed both in Scotland and in France, where circumstances caused him to spend a considerable portion of his life. Beaton acted as Ambassador from Scotland at the French Court, and lived in Paris at the Scots College, an Institution of which he was very proud, and to which he bequeathed the greater part of his fortune. Beaton also took a leading part in the politics of his time, and was a staunch friend to Mary Queen of Scots. In 1552 he was, in Paris, consecrated Archbishop of Glasgow, and he also held several important ecclesiastical preferments in France. [Illustration] BENNET, HENRY, EARL OF ARLINGTON _Arms._--Within the Garter. Gu., a bezant between three demi lions rampant arg. _Bennet._ _Coronet._--That of an Earl. [_Hist. del Ministerio del Card. Guilio Mazarino._ Colonia, 1669.] Henry Bennet (born 1618, died 20th July 1685) was the second son of Sir John Bennet of Dawley in Middlesex. He was an excellent scholar and linguist, and a skilled diplomatist, especially in foreign affairs, but his standard of political morality does not appear to have been a very high one. Bennet was a favourite of Charles II. for a long time, and the king honoured him highly. He was made Keeper of the Privy Purse, and Secretary of State in 1662; next year he was created Baron Arlington. In 1672 he was made a Knight of the Garter and Earl of Arlington, in 1674 Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and in 1675 a Lord of the Admiralty. Arlington was a member of the Cabal Ministry; in 1674 he was impeached for his promotion of popery, breach of trust, and other misdeeds, but the vote of censure was lost. In 1674 he sold his secretaryship to Sir Joseph Williamson, and retired, more or less in disgrace, to his estate at Euston in Suffolk, where he had built a splendid house. Here he died in 1685. [Illustration] BERKELEY, ROBERT _Arms._--Quarterly. 1st and 4th; gu., a chevron between 10 cinquefoils ar. _Berkeley._ 2nd and 3rd; gu., a lion rampant arg., ducally crowned or. _Hayward._ _Crest._--A bear's head couped arg., muzzled gu. _Helmet._--That of an Esquire. [POLANO. _The Historie of the Council of Trent._ London, 1620.] Robert Berkeley (born 1713, died 20th December 1804) was a son of Thomas Berkeley of Spetchley in Worcestershire. He wrote several anonymous treatises, both political and theological, on questions of his time. He married three times but left no issue. Thomas Phillips wrote his _Life of Cardinal Pole_ while he was chaplain at Spetchley. [Illustration] BLUNDELL, HENRY _Crest._--A squirrel sejant gu., collared and holding a nut or. _Blundell._