John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott

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Coat of Arms of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott
Coat of Arms of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott

John ("Jack") Ogilvy Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott (Montrose, 15 September 188217 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 (19451955) as a representative peer for Scotland.

He married Dorothy Oxley of Ripon.

[edit] References

  • Bing, Hon Mrs Christy (1999). The Lairds of Arbuthnott. Agnate Press. ISBN 0-9535923-0-8. 

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Honorary titles
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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