sentences:  He bore a principal part in the downfall of the Earl of Arran, and the return of the banished Lords, although he was despatched by the former, then ignorant of his intentions, to accuse the latter at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England.In March 1585 he was sent as ambassador to Queen Elizabeth to discuss border matters.His servant John Graham wrote to him that his wife and son James were well, and his cousin Thomas Bannatyne had spoken to the king and treasurer for funding and obtained 600 crowns, and 500 merks for his wife, Margaret Livingstone.