David Beaton and George Wishart blue plaque — Report the wrong picture

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This blue commemorative plaque records: George Wishart, 1513 - 1546. A powerful Protestant preacher, he was betrayed to Cardinal Beaton, brought here, put in the Sea Tower, condemned for heresy and burnt at the stake on 1 March. The lettering GW on the roadway marks where he died. His friends conspired against the Cardinal, and on 26 May gained entry to the Castle, killed him and hung his body from the battlements. Then together in the Castle they created the first congregation of the Protestant Church in Scotland. Recorded plaque organisation: Wishart Society.

George Wishart was a influential Protestant preacher whose execution by Cardinal David Beaton sparked significant religious and political unrest in Scotland, leading to the establishment of the first Protestant congregation there. Cardinal David Beaton, an opponent of Protestantism, ordered Wishart's execution but was subsequently assassinated by Wishart’s supporters, highlighting the intense religious conflicts of the Reformation period.

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