Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh

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(24 December 1766 – 18 September 1829) was a Scottish landowner and politician. He served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh and

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Life

William was the son of Robert Keith Arbuthnot FRSE (1728-1803) of Haddo Rattray, and Mary Urquhart of Cromarty. He was the elder brother of George Arbuthnot, 1st of

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, and younger brother of Robert Arbuthnot FRSE (1760-1809). He attended the

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1773 to 1778. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in January 1800, being proposed by John Playfair. Arbuthnot managed a plantation on the island of Carriacou, in the Grenadines, on behalf of his uncle, William Urquhart of Craigston. Sir William served twice as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, from 1815 to 1817 and from 1821 to 1823. On the death of his father, he became Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of the Manufactures and Fisheries of Scotland,Mosley, Charles, ''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage'', Crans, Switzerland, 106th edition, 1999, vol. 1, p. 93, a post later held by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bt. Traditionally a

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hood was conferred on Lord Provosts, but Arbuthnot was created a

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on 24 August 1822 (

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3 April 1823) on the occasion of a banquet given by the Magistrates and Town Council of Edinburgh in honour of King

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during his visit to Edinburgh. Sir William Arbuthnot matriculated Arms with the

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at the west end of

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Family

Arbuthnot married Anne Alves (d.1846), daughter of John Alves of Shipland, on 13 September 1800. They had five children: * Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet (1801–1873) * John Alves Arbuthnot (1802–1875) *George Clerk Arbuthnot (1803–1876), married firstly Agnes Rait, daughter of John Rait on 7 November 1837, married secondly, Caroline Ramsay Hay, daughter of James Hay on 10 January 1845 and had Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot *Archibald Francis Arbuthnot (1805–1879), married Hon. Gertrude Sophia Gough, daughter of the 1st Viscount Gough on 12 December 1837 and had Major-General William Arbuthnot and Sir

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 t ...

*James Edward Arbuthnot (1809–1868), married Harriet Frances Staveley, daughter of William Staveley in June 1837

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arbuthnot, Sir William, 1st Baronet 1766 births 1829 deaths William Arbuthnot, Sir, 1st Baronet Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Lord Provosts of Edinburgh Politicians from Edinburgh People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Burials at St John's, Edinburgh

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