Col. George Arbuthnot of

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, DL JP MP (9 January 1836 – 26 December 1912) was a

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politician.

Life

Born in

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, he was the son of John Alves Arbuthnot of

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, Berkshire, and wife and cousin Mary Arbuthnot. Arbuthnot was Member of Parliament for

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from 1871 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1880. He served in the

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, reaching the rank of

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, and was

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and

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, and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire. He was buried with his wife at

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, Berkshire.

Family

On 12 October 1870 he married Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison (Norwood, London, 1848 – 16 March 1927), daughter of

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Andrew Nepean Aitchison (

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, 13 June 1816, bap. Bombay, 3 August 1816, –

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, 1 April 1850), 13th Natal Infantry,

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, brother of General Charles Terrington Aitchison, and wife (m.

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, Bombay, 20 January 1842) Frances Matilda Farish, daughter of

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, and paternal granddaughter of

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Andrew Aitchison of

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, Isle of Wight (? –

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, East Sussex, 29 February 1848) and wife Martha Charlotte .... They had six children:Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes'' (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, pages 120 and 121. * Frances Muriel Arbuthnot (London, 22 November 1871 – 7 September 1933), married firstly on 6 July 1910 to Stephen Karl J. Brichta (? – 19 October 1929), son of Philip Brichta, and married secondly in 1929 to Gilbert Amos Reeve (?–1971), who was in the Indian Police * Maj.

John Bernard Arbuthnot Major John Bernard Arbuthnot, MVO (17 May 1875, in London – 16 September 1950) was a British soldier, banker, and journalist. Life Arbuthnot was the son of Colonel George Arbuthnot and wife Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison. He was commissi ...

(London, 17 May 1875 – 16 September 1950) * Dorothy Gertrude Arbuthnot (London, 20 January 1878 – 25 April 1957), married on 3 February 1904

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Hugh Frederick Bateman-Champain (? – 7 October 1933), and had female issue * Mary Christobel Arbuthnot (London, 12 September 1879 – ?), married firstly on 23 October 1907 George Archibald Wallace Young, son of Archibald Young of

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, Lancashire, and had one son, married secondly on 3 June 1914 Alexander Gifford Ludford-Astley,

of the

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, who was killed in action in the First World War in

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on 5 March 1917, son of

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Benjamin Buckler Gifford Ludford-Astley, JP,

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(MA),

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and

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, without issue, and married thirdly on 27 April 1922 Edgar James Brydges, MC (? – 8 January 1960), Colonel of the 14th King's Hussars,

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, son of John Henry Brydges of The Court,

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, Sussex, and of Fedderate,

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, without issue: ** Peter Leslie Young, married firstly to Pamela Clare Gaitskell (married thirdly to Hugo Darling Dent), and had one son, married secondly to Doreen ... (formerly Duff), without issue, and married thirdly to Joan Laing (formerly Barnes and Richardson), without issue: *** Michael Arbuthnot Young (5 November 1930), married on 2 April 1966 to Susanna Elizabeth Barclay (18 December 1940), daughter of Theodore David Barclay, Chairman of

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plc, and had two sons: **** Christopher Young **** Mary Young * Hugh Archibald Arbuthnot (4 December 1885 – 28 December 1950), married firstly in 1917 and divorced in 1928 Mabel Eleanor Jackson, daughter of Henry Jackson, without issue, and married secondly on 24 October 1928 Margaret Anne Reid (3 January 1895 –

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, London, 29 January 1961), daughter of Andrew Reid, comedian and

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, and wife Annie Brown Scott, without issue * Ronald George Urquhart Arbuthnot (London, 8 October 1891 – killed while flying on active service in the First World War on 3 December 1918, buried at

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, Hertfordshire), Lieutenant of the

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and in the

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arbuthnot, George Politicians from Chennai 1836 births Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 George Arbuthnot Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire Royal Horse Artillery officers People from Sunningdale 1912 deaths