Robert Beale (diplomat)

This sketch of the execution of Mary Queen of Scots was drawn to accompany Robert Beale's official record of the proceedings.

Robert Beale (1541 – 25 May 1601) was an English diplomat, administrator, and antiquary in the reign of Elizabeth I. As Clerk of the Privy Council, Beale wrote the official record of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, to which he was an eyewitness.