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George Arbuthnot (other)
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George Arbuthnot may refer to: * George Arbuthnot (civil servant) (1802–1865), British civil servant * George Arbuthnot (politician) (1836–1912), British politician * George Gough Arbuthnot (1848–1929), businessman and civil leader in British India * George Bingham Arbuthnot (1803–1867), major-general in the Honourable East India Company * George Arbuthnot (priest) (1846–1922), Archdeacon of Coventry See also * Charles George Arbuthnot (1824–1899), British Army officer * Charles George James Arbuthnot (1801–1870), British general * Arbuthnot (other) Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott may refer to: * Michael Arbuthnot Ashcroft, British codebreaker during WW2 *Arbuthnot (surname), Scottish surname (and people with that name) * ''Arbuthnot'' (schooner), British ship during the American Revolutionary War *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arbuthnot (civil Servant)
George Arbuthnot (20 November 1802, Norbiton, Surrey - 28 July 1865) was a distinguished member of the permanent British civil service. He worked in the Treasury at the Colonial Office in Hong Kong when the HSBC charter was first drawn up; Arbuthnot Road, Hong Kong was named after him. Career Arbuthnot served in the Treasury. He was appointed by Lord Liverpool a junior clerk in the Treasury 18 July 1820 and served with that department until his death, as private secretary to six successive Secretaries of the Treasury. In February, 1843, he was appointed private secretary to Sir Robert Peel and subsequently to Sir Charles Wood, later Viscount Halifax. He was then holding the appointment of auditor of the civil list and was also secretary to the ecclesiastical commissioners. He was twice offered the appointment of financial member of the council of the governor-general of India, first on the death of Mr James Wilson, PC in 1860 and then on the retirement of Sir Charles Trevelyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arbuthnot (politician)
Col. George Arbuthnot of Norton Court, Gloucester, DL JP MP (9 January 1836 – 26 December 1912) was a British politician. Life Born in Madras, British India, he was the son of John Alves Arbuthnot of Coworth Park, Old Windsor, Sunningdale, Berkshire, and wife and cousin Mary Arbuthnot. Arbuthnot was Member of Parliament for Hereford from 1871 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1880. He served in the Royal Horse Artillery, reaching the rank of colonel, and was Justice of Peace of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire. He was buried with his wife at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Sunningdale, Berkshire. Family On 12 October 1870 he married Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison (Norwood, London, 1848 – 16 March 1927), daughter of Captain Andrew Nepean Aitchison (Bombay, 13 June 1816, bap. Bombay, 3 August 1816, – Cairo, Egypt, 1 April 1850), 13th Natal Infantry, Honorable East India Company Service, brother of General Charles Terrington A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gough Arbuthnot
Sir George Gough Arbuthnot (28 August 1848 – 3 May 1929) was a businessman and civic leader in British India. Arbuthnot, the son of Archibald Francis Arbuthnot (son of Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet) and Gertrude Sophia Gough was six times a member of the Madras Legislative Council. He was seven times made chairman of the Madras Chamber of Commerce, several times President of the board of directors of the Bank of Madras, and in 1900 became chairman of the Famine Relief Fund. Grandson of a Baronet, he was made a Knight Bachelor on 10 December 1901 for services to the British Empire. He became partner of Arbuthnot & Co of Madras 1871 and was senior partner in the firm at the time of its spectacular crash in 1906, as a result of which he was sentenced to 18 months rigorous imprisonment. The charges against him were (1) Cheating in respect of a fixed deposit in the name of the Rajah Krishna Badahur; (2) breach of trust respecting the Madras Equitable Assurance Society; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bingham Arbuthnot
George Bingham Arbuthnot (2 December 1803 – 30 May 1867) was a Major-General in the Honourable East India Company. Bingham was commissioned as a cornet in the 3rd Madras Light Cavalry in 1821, having previously served in the Royal Navy. he commanded the Governor General's Bodyguard, Madras, from 1841 to 1853 and as a lieutenant-colonel (1857) the 8th Madras Light Cavalry from 1856 to 1861. The Governor General's Bodyguard, Madras, was raised in 1778 and was originally composed of a small body of European cavalry. Arbuthnot was a major-general in the 3rd Madras Light Cavalry in the HEIC. Served with the British East India Company. He was a member of the Ootacamund Club, a hill station hunt club an archetypal British colonial institution. Son of Alexander Arbuthnot. He was half brother of Alexander John Arbuthnot and General Charles George Arbuthnot. He married, 15 July 1829, Harriet Louisa Ormsby, daughter of Joseph Mason Ormsby. He died in Bath, Somerset Bath () is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arbuthnot (priest)
George Arbuthnot, DD ( 24 May 1846 – 9 November 1922) was Archdeacon of Coventry from 1908 until his death. Arbuthnot was born in Loanhead and educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He was ordained in 1872, and was curate at St Nicholas, Arundel until 1873, when he became its vicar. In 1879 he became the incumbent at Stratford upon Avon Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-wes ....‘ARBUTHNOT, Ven. George’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 20 January 2017/ref> References 1846 births 1922 deaths People from Loanhead People educated at Eton College 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles George Arbuthnot
Lieutenant General Sir Charles George Arbuthnot (19 May 1824 – 14 April 1899) was a British Army officer. He served in the Royal Artillery in the Crimean War and rose to become a senior officer in British India. Early life Arbuthnot was born on 19 May 1824 and was a twin, the son of Alexander Arbuthnot, Bishop of Killaloe. His older brother, Alexander John Arbuthnot, became a senior civil servant in India. His half-brother, George Bingham Arbuthnot, was an honorary major general and Colonel of the Madras Light Cavalry in India. He was educated at Rugby and attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Military career Arbuthnot was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 June 1843. He served in the Crimean War as a captain in the 10th Battalion of the Royal Artillery. He was slightly wounded in minor actions near Sevastopol on 17 June 1855 and received a severe wound on 23 August 1855. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles George James Arbuthnot
General Charles George James Arbuthnot, DL (180121 October 1870) was a British general. Early life Arbuthnot was born at sea aboard the frigate ''Juno'' and raised at Woodford, Northamptonshire. His father, Charles Arbuthnot, was a prominent Tory politician, diplomat and confidant of the Duke of Wellington. He was made a Page of Honour to George III in 1812 (at the age of eleven or twelve). Military career Arbuthnot was made an Ensign in the Grenadier Guards in 1816, was promoted to Captain of the 28th Regiment in 1820, and was made lieutenant colonel of the 72nd Regiment in 1825. He was returned to Parliament from the rotten borough of Tregony in 1831, but resigned the seat in the following year by becoming Steward of the Manor of East Hundred. On 19 May 1831, he left the 72nd and became lieutenant-colonel of the 90th Regiment, replacing Lord George Russell. In 1833, Arbuthnot married Hon. Charlotte Eliza Vivian, eldest daughter of Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian. Their o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
