George Arbuthnot (politician)

George Arbuthnot
Born George John Alves Arbuthnot
(1836-01-09)January 9, 1836
Madras, Tamil Nadu
Died December 26, 1912(1912-12-26) (aged 76)
Occupation British politician
Spouse(s) Caroline Emma Atchison

Col. George Arbuthnot of Norton Court, Gloucester, DL JP MP (9 January 1836 – 26 December 1912) was a British politician.

Life

Born in Madras, India, he was the son of John Alves Arbuthnot of Coworth Park, Old Windsor, Sunningdale, Berkshire, and wife and cousin Mary Arbuthnot.[1]

Arbuthnot was Member of Parliament 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.[2]

He was buried with his wife at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Sunningdale, Berkshire.[3]

Family

On 12 October 1870 he married Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison (Norwood, London, 1848 – 16 March 1927), daughter of Captain Andrew Nepean Aitchison (Bombay, 13 June 1816, bap. Bombay, 3 August 1816, Cairo, Egypt, 1 April 1850), 13th Natal Infantry, Honorable East India Company Service, brother of General Charles Terrington Aitchison, and wife (m. Byculla, Bombay, 20 January 1842) Frances Matilda Farish, daughter of James Farish, and paternal granddaughter of Major General Andrew Aitchison of Ryde, Isle of Wight (? Hastings, East Sussex, 29 February 1848) and wife Martha Charlotte ....[4] They had six children:[5]

References

  1. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, pages 120 and 121.
  2. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 120.
  3. Arbuthnot: Mrs. P. S-M. Arbuthnot, Memories of the Arbuthnots of Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire (London, 1920), p. 311.
  4. United Service Magazine, April 1842, p. 591: "[marriages] Jan. 20th, at Bombay, Lieut. A. Nepean Aitchison, Second in Command Guserat Irregular Horse, eldest son of Major-General A Aitchison, formerly Adjutant-General, and late Military Auditor General at Bombay, to Frances Matilda, only daughter of the Hon. James Farish, late Senior Member of Council, and Acting Governor of that Presidency." Same, June 1850, p. 326: "[deaths] April 1, at Cairo, on his wy to England, Captain Andrew Nepean Aitchison, 13th Regiment Bombay Army, eldest son of the late Major General Aitchison, of Ryde, Isle of Wight."
  5. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, pages 120 and 121.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Clive
Chandos Wren-Hoskyns
Member of Parliament for Hereford
18711874
With: Chandos Wren-Hoskyns
Succeeded by
Evan Pateshall
George Clive
Preceded by
Evan Pateshall
George Clive
Member of Parliament for Hereford
18781880
With: Evan Pateshall
Succeeded by
Joseph Pulley
Robert Reid
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