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Beaton (Bethune)'De Bonnaire (Gracious)'
The Beatons or Bethunes claims descent from the Macbeths of Islay and Mull and the Beatons of Skye, who were physicians to the Chiefs of Macdonald. The name is also associated with Fife, where the most famous of the family was Cardinal Beaton.
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