Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott

Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Born (1897-08-21)21 August 1897
India
Died 15 December 1966(1966-12-15) (aged 69)
Montrose, Angus, Scotland
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1914–1952
Rank Major General
Unit Black Watch
Commands held 198th Infantry Brigade
11th Infantry Brigade
78th Infantry Division
51st (Highland) Infantry Division
Battles/wars First World War
Arab revolt in Palestine
Second World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (3)
Legion of Merit (United States)
Other work Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire

Major General Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, CB, CBE, DSO, MC, DL (21 August 1897 – 15 December 1966) was a senior British Army officer who served in both the First World War and the Second World War.

He was educated at Fettes College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the British Army in 1914, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Black Watch and served in the First World War, where he was mentioned in dispatches. His major wartime appointments include Palestine 1938–1939, GSOII Staff College 1938, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade in the Italian Campaign 1943–1944 and the 78th Infantry Division 1944–1946.

After the war, he served as Chief of the British Military Mission to the Egyptian Army in 1946, Chief of Staff of Scottish Command in 1948–1949, Commander of the Highland District and 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Territorial Army) 1949–1952, and retired from the British Army in 1952 as a major general.

Coat of Arms of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott.

Education

War service

Military ranks

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Family

Lord Arbuthnott married, 10 January 1924, Ursula Collingwood (died 20 December 1989), daughter of Sir William Collingwood, KBE of Dedham Grove, Colchester, Essex. They had three sons (including John Campbell Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, KT who succeeded him) and one daughter.

References

Footnotes

  1. "No. 37161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1945-07-03. p. 3490.
  2. "No. 37204". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1945-07-31. p. 3962.
Military offices
Preceded by
Donald Butterworth
GOC 78th Infantry Division
1944–1946
Succeeded by
Post disbanded
Preceded by
Colin Muir Barber
GOC 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
1949–1952
Succeeded by
James Scott-Elliot
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Viscount of Arbuthnott
Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire
19601966
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Saunders
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
John Ogilvy Arbuthnott
Viscount of Arbuthnott
19601966
Succeeded by
John Campbell Arbuthnott
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