ARBUTHNOT, CHARLES GEORGE JAMES (_eld. son of Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot of Woodford house, Thrapstone, who d. 18 Aug. 1850 aged 82_). _b._ 1801; ed. at Westminster; ensign grenadier guards 26 Dec. 1816; lieut. col. of 72 foot 25 Sep. 1826; of 90 foot 17 May 1831, and of 72 foot 23 Feb. 1838 to 14 April 1843, when placed on h.p.; col. of 89 foot 9 July 1857, and of 91 foot 4 July 1864 to death; general 25 Nov. 1864; M.P. for Tregony 1831–32. _d._ Folkestone 21 Oct. 1870. ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE. _b._ 1802; clerk in the Treasury 1820 to death; private secretary to 6 successive secretaries of the Treasury; private sec. to Sir Robert Peel when prime minister Feb. 1843; and to Sir Charles Wood when chancellor of the exchequer July 1846; auditor of the civil list 1850 to death. _d._ Surbiton, Surrey 28 July 1865. _Dictionary of national biography ii_, 61 (1885). ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE BINGHAM. Lieut. col. 8 Madras light cavalry 1 Feb. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1861; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861. _d._ Bath 30 May 1867 aged 63. ARBUTHNOT, SIR ROBERT (_4 son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet castle co. Mayo_). _b._ 1773; captain Coldstream guards 25 July 1814 to 19 July 1821, when placed on h.p.; L.G. 23 Nov. 1841; col. 76 foot 31 May 1843 to death; K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, K.T.S. (_m._ Harriot only child of Wm. Vesey of Farmill, Ireland, she _d._ 5 Dec. 1861). _d._ Bonchurch, Isle of Wight 6 May 1853. _Household Words v_, 519 (1852). ARBUTHNOT, SIR ROBERT KEITH, 2 Baronet. _b._ Edinburgh 9 Sep. 1801; in Bombay civil service 1819–47; succeeded 18 Sep. 1829. _d._ Florence 4 March 1873. ARBUTHNOT, WILLIAM URQUHART (_5 son of Sir Wm. Arbuthnot, 1 Bart. 1766–1829_). _b._ 24 March 1807; ed. at high sch. Edin. and Haileybury college; in the Madras civil service 1826–46; member of firm of Arbuthnot and Co. Madras 1846; returned to England 1858; member of Indian council 21 Sep. 1858 to death; chairman of its finance committee. (_m._ 2 June 1834 Eliza only dau. of Gen. Sir Henry George Andrew Taylor, G.C.B.) _d._ Eaton place, London 11 Dec. 1874. _Graphic xi_, 68 (1875), _portrait_. ARBUTHNOTT, JOHN, 8 Viscount Arbuthnott (_eld. son of John Arbuthnott, 7 Viscount Arbuthnott, who d. 27 Feb. 1800_). _b._ 16 Jany. 1778; Rep. Peer Scotland 1818–47; lord rector of Univ. of Aberdeen; lord lieut. of Kincardineshire to 1847. _d._ Berlin 10 Jany. 1860. ARBUTHNOTT, SIR HUGH (_2 son of 7 Viscount Arbuthnott_). _b._ 1780; lieut. col. 52 foot 9 May 1811 to 8 April 1813, when placed on h.p.; col. 38 foot 4 April 1843 to 14 March 1862; col. 79 foot 14 March 1862 to death; general 20 June 1854; M.P. for co. Kincardine 1826–65; C.B. 8 Dec. 1815; K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. _d._ 11 July 1868.