Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott
PC (before 1625 – 10 October 1655) was a
Scottish Peer and
Scottish Privy Counsellor
The Privy Council of Scotland ( — 1 May 1708) was a body that advised the Scottish monarch. During its existence, the Privy Council of Scotland was essentially considered as the government of the Kingdom of Scotland, and was seen as the most ...
(1649).
He was a son of Sir Robert Arbuthnott, 17th laird of Arbuthnott (normally referred to as Arbuthnott, of that Ilk) by Sir Robert's second wife, Margaret daughter of
Simon Fraser, 6th
Lord Lovat
Lord Lovat () is a title of the rank Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1458 for Hugh Fraser by summoning him to the Scottish Parliament as Lord Fraser of Lovat, although the holder is referred to simply as Lo ...
.
He married, firstly, Marjory Carnegie (daughter of
David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk), sometime before 1639, and had two children:
*Hon. Margaret Arbuthnot (before 1644–?), m. Hon. Sir Alexander Carnegie (d. 1682)
*Sir
Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd 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 Arbuthnott. The Viscount of Arbuthnott is the hereditary chief of Clan Arbuthnott.
At the t ...
(before 1648–16 June 1682)
He married, secondly, his first cousin Katherine Fraser (daughter of
Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat
Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat (1591-1645) was a Scottish landowner.
Hugh Fraser was the son of Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat and Katherine Mackenzie, daughter of Colin Mackenzie of Kintail.
He was known as the Master of Lovat until he succeeded hi ...
, on 30 June 1653 and had further children.
He was knighted by King
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"for his enduring loyalty", and was a Ruling Elder in the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland
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in 1641.
He was created 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott, of
County Kincardine and 1st Lord Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, on 16 November 1641 by Charles I who was trying to persuade him to support the Royalist cause.
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1655 deaths
People from Inverbervie
Nobility from Aberdeenshire
Scottish knights
Members of the Privy Council of Scotland
Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of
Year of birth uncertain
Ordained peers
Elders of the Church of Scotland
Peers of Scotland created by Charles I
Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1643–44
Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1648–1651
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