Sir Frederick Leopold Arthur, 2nd Baronet (

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, 20 December 1816 – 1 June 1878) was a British soldier. The son of Sir George Arthur, 1st Bt and Eliza Orde Smith, he was commissioned into the 4th Foot in 1833. He transferred to the

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in 1850 and the

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in 1863. He became a

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, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1854. On 24 April 1856, he married Lady Elizabeth Hay-Drummond, daughter of the

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. They had three children: * Frederica Louisa Juliana Arthur (d. 23 March 1946), married Alfred Darby * Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur, 3rd Bt (1860–1946) * Captain Leonard Robert Sunkersett Arthur, CMG (23 December 1864 – 13 December 1903), died unmarried He is buried on the eastern edge of

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in London with his sister, Isabella Maria Malton, his two sons, George* and Leonard, and Kate Harriet, George's* wife ( i.e. The wife of George* the son of Frederick).

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