Marion Ogilvy

Marion Ogilvy (c. 1495–1575) was the mistress of Cardinal David Beaton an advisor of James V of Scotland. Early life Marion Ogilvy was the younger daughter of Sir James Ogilvy of Lintrathen. Sir James, a diplomat, was created Lord Ogilvy of Airlie by James IV of Scotland in 1491. Her mother was Janet Lyle (d. 1525), Airlie's 4th wife, and possibly a daughter of Robert, 2nd Lord Lyle, of Renfrewshire, another of the King's diplomats. As a child she lived at Airlie Castle and her family's lodging in Arbroath. She had an older sister, Janet Ogilvy, and a much older half-brother, John Ogilvy, who became the 2nd Lord Ogilvy. Her father had made only partial provision for her before his death, a marriage contract by which the heir of Gordon of Midmar would marry her elder sister Janet or, on her death, Marion. Janet appears to have died young but the contract was not implemented. In 1525 Marion as yet unmarried, served as executrix of her mother's estate. Life with David Beaton James Beaton was Archbishop of Glasgow. With the archbishopric he held the commendatory Abbeys of Arbroath and Kilwinning. in 1522, when James Beaton became Archbishop of St. Andrews, he resigned his rights in Arbroath to his nephew David Beaton in commendam. In commendam was the appointment of an ecclesiastical benefice in trust to the custody of a patron, often a layman. The commendatory abbot drew a portion of the revenue of the monastery, but without fulfilling the duties of the abbot or even residing at the monastery.