George Arbuthnot (politician)

For other persons named George Arbuthnot, see George Arbuthnot (disambiguation).

Colonel George Arbuthnot DL, JP (9 June 1836 – December 26, 1912) was a British politician.

Born in Madras, India, he was the son of John Alves Arbuthnot and Mary Arbuthnot. Arbuthnot was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford from 1871 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1880. He served in the Royal Horse Artillery, reaching the rank of Colonel, and was Justice of Peace of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire. On 12 October 1870, he married Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison, daughter of Captain Andrew Nepean Aitchison. They had six children:

Frances Muriel Arbuthnot (1871–1933)
Major John Bernard Arbuthnot (1875–1950)
Dorothy Gertrude Arbuthnot (1878–1957)
Mary Christobel Arbuthnot (b. 1879)
Hugh Archibald Arbuthnot (1885–1950)
Lieutenant Ronald George Urquhart Arbuthnot (1891–1918)

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Mrs P S-M Arbuthnot (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen & Unwin Ltd..
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Henry Clive Chandos Wren-Hoskyns	Member of Parliament for Hereford with Chandos Wren-Hoskyns 1871–1874	Succeeded by Evan Pateshall George Clive
Preceded by Evan Pateshall George Clive	Member of Parliament for Hereford Evan Pateshall 1878–1880	Succeeded by Joseph Pulley Robert Reid