| Administrative History | James D. George (1906-1977) was depute secretary of the University of Aberdeen and lived in the Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, at least from 1952 to 1974. He was a palaeographer with particular interest in Elizabethan and Jacobean documents, and appears to have taught the skill to classes at the University.
Robert Beale was Clerk of the English Privy Council in the reign of Elizabeth I. During the reign of Queen Mary he lived on the continent, where he studied at the universities of Strassburg and Zürich. He subsequently assisted in diplomatic work at Paris and elewhere, and in 1572 became one of the clerks of the Privy Council of Elizabeth I (a post he held for 29 years until his death). In this office he was closely involved in the decision-making leading to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. He frequently deputised for Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, in various diplomatic missions to European courts. |