The Arbuthnot baronetcy of

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' was created in the

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on 3 April 1823 for Sir William Arbuthnot,

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Arbuthnot baronets of Edinburgh (1823)

Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh FRSE (24 December 1766 – 18 September 1829) was a Scottish landowner and politician. He served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh. Early life William w ...

(1766–1829) * Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet (1801–1873) married Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of Field Marshal Sir

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, G.C.H., and his wife, Charlotte, child of the Hon. William Hazen.

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is named after Lady Anne, who died at

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, Italy, 6 March 1882, her husband having predeceased her on 4 March 1873. The couple had five sons and two daughters. * Sir William Wedderburn Arbuthnot, 3rd Baronet (1831–1889) * Rear Admiral Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet (1864–1916), commander of the Royal Navy's

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; killed in action at the

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on 31 May 1916, knighted KCB posthumously. * Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, CMG, DSO, 5th Baronet (1867–1941), younger brother of 4th baronet * Major Sir Robert Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 6th Baronet (1919–1944), 24th Lancers, killed in action at

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on 30 June 1944 * Sir Hugh Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, 7th Baronet (1922–1983), younger brother of 6th baronet; married Julia Grace, daughter of Major General Frederick Peake * Sir Keith Robert Charles Arbuthnot, 8th Baronet (born 1951), educated at Wellington College and the

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. The

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is the present holder's eldest son Robert Hugh Peter Arbuthnot (b. 1986)

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{{s-end Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1823 establishments in the United Kingdom