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
A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia (particularly in India), but also in Africa (albeit rarely), for towns founded by European colonialists as refuges ...
hunt club an archetypal British colonial institution.
Son of
Alexander Arbuthnot. He was half brother of
Alexander John Arbuthnot
Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot (11 October 1822 – 10 June 1907) was a British official and writer.
Early life
He was born at Farmhill, County Mayo, the third son of Alexander Arbuthnot and his second wife Margaret Phoebe Bingham, daughter ...
and General
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 b ...
. He married, 15 July 1829, Harriet Louisa Ormsby, daughter of Joseph Mason Ormsby. He died in
Bath, Somerset
Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, ...
.
References
* Mrs P S-M Arbuthnot “''Memories of the Arbuthnots''” (1920). George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
National Army Museum
External links
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British East India Company Army generals
Bingham Arbuthnot
1803 births
1867 deaths
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