General Sir Hugh Arbuthnott,
KCB (1780 – 11 June 1868) was a British Army officer and
Member of Parliament
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for
Kincardineshire
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1826–1865.
He was born the son of
John Arbuthnott, 7th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Viscount of Arbuthnott is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1641, along with the subsidiary title Lord Inverbervie, for Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott, Robert Arbuthnott. The Viscount of Arbuthnott is the here ...
and the younger brother of
John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott
John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott DL FRSE (16 January 1778 – 10 January 1860) was a Scottish peer and soldier. Known as "the rich Lord" he built the bridge in front of Arbuthnott House, Kincardineshire. He was the first member of t ...
.
He entered the
79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) as
Ensign
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in May 1796 and was promoted Major-General on 22 July 1830, Lt-General on 23 November 1841 and full General on 20 June 1854.
He was given the colonelcy of the
38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
The 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1705. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) to form the South Staffordshire Regim ...
from 1843 to 1862, transferring as colonel back to the Cameron Highlanders from 14 March 1862 to his death in 1868.
Major Commandant
Sir Hugh never married.
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1780 births
1868 deaths
Younger sons of viscounts
British Army generals
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
UK MPs 1826–1830
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1832–1835
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UK MPs 1837–1841
UK MPs 1841–1847
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UK MPs 1852–1857
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers
52nd Regiment of Foot officers
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