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

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and

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of the City of Edinburgh.

Early life

William was the son of Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 2nd of Haddo Rattray (1728–1803), and Mary Urquhart of

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. He was the elder brother of George Arbuthnot, 1st of Elderslie, and younger brother of Robert Arbuthnot. His sister, Elizabeth Barbara Arbuthnot, married Sir John Hunter,

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to Spain. His father was the third son of Robert Arbuthnot, 1st of Haddo- Rattray, and the former Mary Petrie. His maternal grandparents were John Urquhart of Craigston and

and Jane Urquhart (a daughter of William Urquhart of

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and Mary

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). He attended the

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from 1773 to 1778.

Career

He was elected a Fellow of the

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in January 1800, being proposed by

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. Arbuthnot managed a plantation on the island of

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, in the

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, on behalf of his uncle, William Urquhart of Craigston. Sir William served twice as

, 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

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, 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 (by

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on 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. In his capacity as Lord Provost he opened the Edinburgh School of Arts on Adam Square on 16 October 1821. Sir William matriculated

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with the

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in 1822. Unusually, for a baronet, the arms include supporters, probably because he had accomplished two stints as Lord Provost.

Personal life

On 13 September 1800, Arbuthnot married Anne Alves (d. 1846), daughter of Helen Baillie and John Alves of Shipland. They had ten children, including: * Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet (1801–1873), who married Anne FitzGerald, daughter of Field Marshal Sir

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, in 1828. * John Alves Arbuthnot (1802–1875) of Coworth Park who married his cousin, Mary Arbuthnot, a daughter of George Arbuthnot, Esq., of Elderslie, in 1832. * George Clerk Arbuthnot (1803–1876), who married Agnes Rait, daughter of John Rait in 1837. After her death, he married Caroline Ramsay Hay, daughter of James Hay and Lady Mary Ramsay (a daughter of the 8th Earl of Dalhousie), in 1845. * Archibald Francis Arbuthnot (1805–1879), who married Hon. Gertrude Sophia Gough, daughter of the

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in 1837. * William Urquhart Arbuthnot (1807–1874), who married Eliza Jane Taylor, daughter of Gen. Sir Henry George Andrew Taylor, in 1834. * James Edward Arbuthnot (1809–1868), who married Harriet Frances Staveley, daughter of Gen.

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, in 1837. * Henry Dundas Arbuthnot (1811–1847), who died unmarried. * Mary Arbuthnot (1814–1838), who died unmarried. * Elizabeth Helen Arbuthnot (1819–1825), who died young. * Ann Arbuthnot (1822–1900), who married Lt.-Col. Hugh Inglis, son of George Inglis of Kingsmill and Helen Alves, in 1849. Sir William died on 18 September 1829. He was buried in St John's Episcopal Churchyard in

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at the west end of

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Descendants

Through his eldest son Robert, he was a grandfather of Major Sir William Wedderburn Arbuthnot, 3rd Baronet, and

Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (21 May 1833 – 25 May 1901) was a notable British Orientalist and translator. Biography Arbuthnot's early career was spent as a civil servant in India; his last post was as Collector for the Bombay government. ...

. Through his second son John, he was a grandfather of George Arbuthnot, an MP for

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.Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes'' (

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: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, pages 120 and 121; volume 2, page 1734. Through his son George, he was a grandfather of Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot. Through his son Archibald, he was a grandfather of Maj.-Gen. William Arbuthnot and Sir George Gough Arbuthnot.

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