Viscount of Arbuthnott is a title in the

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. It was created in 1641, along with the subsidiary title Lord Inverbervie, for Sir Robert Arbuthnott. The Viscount of Arbuthnott is the hereditary

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of Clan Arbuthnott. At the time of the 16th Viscount's death in 2012, the family held the genealogical record of being one of an unbroken male line living in the same spot for more than 800 years. Around 1188,

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granted ancestor Hugh de Swinton the lands of Arbuthnott, where the family estate and clan association headquarters remain to this day. All Scottish viscounts have 'of' in their titles, contrary to English viscounts who are styled simply 'Viscount X'. However, most Scottish viscounts have now adopted the English practice; only the Viscount of Arbuthnott and, to a lesser extent, the

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, continue to use 'of'. The family seat is Arbuthnott House,

Arbuthnott Arbuthnott (, "mouth of the Buadhnat") is a hamlet and parish in the Howe of the Mearns, a low-lying agricultural district of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located on the B967, east of Fordoun (on the A90) and north-west of Inverbervie (on ...

, near

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, although the current Viscount and his wife do not live there. Rather, the heir apparent and his family live within the Arbuthnott House.

Viscounts of Arbuthnott (1641)

* Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott (d. 1655) * Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnott (d. 1682) * Robert Arbuthnot, 3rd Viscount of Arbuthnott (1663–1694) * Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1686–1710) * John Arbuthnot, 5th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1692–1756) * John Arbuthnot, 6th Viscount of Arbuthnott (aka ''the Rich Lord''). (1703–1791) Son of John Arbuthnot of Fordoun, brother of the 2nd Viscount. Father of 7th Viscount. * John Arbuthnot, 7th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1754–1800) Challenged the legality of his late father's actions, which had included the granting of leases for long periods at low rents."Scots Peerage, I, p. 313-4 * John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1778–1860) * John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1806–1891) * John Arbuthnott, 10th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1843–1895) * David Arbuthnott, 11th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1845–1914) * William Arbuthnott, 12th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1849–1917) * Walter Charles Warner Arbuthnott, 13th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1847–1920) * John Ogilvy Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1882–1960) * (Robert) Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1897–1966) * John Campbell Arbuthnott, KT, CBE, DSC, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1924–2012) * (John) Keith Oxley Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott (b. 1950) The

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is the present holder's only son, the Hon. Christopher Keith Arbuthnott, Master of Arbuthnott (b. 1977).
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his only son, Alexander Nicholas Keith Arbuthnott (b. 2007).

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Viscounts of Arbuthnott (1641)

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