John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott
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John ("Jack") Ogilvy Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott (Montrose, 15 September 1882 – 17 October 1960), was a Scottish Viscount.
Arbuthnot enlisted in the Calgary Light Horse, a unit of the Canadian Army, in February of 1917. He was later a Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards.
Arbuthnot served as Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire from 1926 to his death, was Convenor of Kincardineshire County Council in 1933, and served ten years in the House of Lords (1945–1955) as a representative peer for Scotland.
He married Dorothy Oxley of Ripon.
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- Bing, Hon Mrs Christy (1999). The Lairds of Arbuthnott. Agnate Press. ISBN 0-9535923-0-8.
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| Preceded by Sir Thomas Burnett |
Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire 1925–1960 |
Succeeded by The Viscount of Arbuthnott |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| Preceded by Walter Arbuthnott |
Viscount of Arbuthnott 1920–1960 |
Succeeded by (Robert) Keith Arbuthnott |
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