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Arbuthnot,
[Rev.] Andrew Robert Coghill
"Andy"
A.R.C. Arbuthnot

Son of Robert Wemyss Muir Arbuthnot and Mary (Coghill) Arbuthnot.
Married (09.08.1952, Midhurst district, Sussex) Mrs Dutton-Barker, née Audrey Eileen Johnson as her second husband; one son, one daughter.

14.01.1926
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
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[Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey]

2nd Lt.	22.09.1944 [330887]
WS/Lt.	22.03.1945
Lt.	? (reld 1947)
Hon. Capt.	01.01.1949

Education: Eton; Southwark Ordination Course

22.09.1944	-	1947	commissioned, Scots Guards [emergency commission] (wounded)
01.01.1949			Scots Guards - Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Director, Arbuthnot Latham & Co. Ltd., 1953-1982. Chairman & Chief Executive, Arbuthnot Latham Holdings Ltd., 1974-1981. Chairman, Arbuthnot Insurance Services, 1968-1983. Director, Sun Alliance & London Insurance Ltd 1970-91. Contested (C) HoughtonleSpring, 1959. Ordained deacon, 1974, priest, 1975 (barred from ministering c.1994). Missioner, London Healing Mission, 1983-1995.
Published: Love that heals (1986; with Audrey Arbuthnot); Christian prayer and healing (1989); All you need is more and more of Jesus (1993).

Arbuthnot,
Miss Faith Deborah Etrenne
"Fay"
F.D.E. Arbuthnot

Daughter of Lt.Col. Archibald Hugh Arbuthnot, Indian Army, and Marjory (Beech) Arbuthnot.
Married (14.06.1948) Edmund O'Donnel Colley Grattan, late of Colonial Medical Service (02.02.1910 - 1985); two sons, two daughters.

01.01.1921
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[Petworth, W Sussex]

2nd Sub.	21.08.1942 [244653]
WS/Sub.	21.02.1943 (reld 1946?)

21.08.1942

(04.1946)

commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service

Arbuthnot,
Frank Marshall Prescott
(originally:
Prescott, Frank Marshall; adopted the surname of Arbuthnot)
F.M.P. Arbuthnot

Illegitimate son of Theodora Prescott, typist of Hoylake, Cheshire. Adopted in Wigan, 22.07.1929, by Thomas Arbuthnot and his wife, Mary, née Daniels.
Married (03.09.1938) Nancy Pye; no children.

01.07.1913
Wavertree, Liverpool
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01.1987
Barrow in Furness district, Cumbria

2nd Lt.	04.02.1943 [255912]
WS/Lt.	04.11.1943 (reld 1946?)

04.02.1943

(04.1946)

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Structural engineer.

Arbuthnot,
George Alexander
G.A. Arbuthnot

Son of Major Robert John Wastel Arbuthnot-Brisco and Winifreda Teresa Boursot.
Brother of Capt. J.H. Arbuthnot & Capt. R.C.W. Arbuthnot.
Married 1st ((03?).1954, Kensington) Margaret ("Peggy") Ellis (née Crisp) (divorced or died or both c.1964).
Married 2nd ((06?).1964, Horsham district, Sussex) Hazel K. Flint of Croydon (died 13.09.2005); one son.

31.10.1913
-
05.1990
Honiton district, Devon

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	22.03.1941 [179098]
WS/Lt.	22.09.1942 (reld 1946?)

Education: The Oratory

22.03.1941

(04.1946)

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Arbuthnot,
Sir Hugh Fitzgerald;
7th Baronet of Edinburgh, cr. 1823, succ. 1944
H.F. Arbuthnot

Son of Brig.Gen. Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 5th Bt, CMG, DSO, and Alice Maude (died 1969), daughter of Hugh Arbuthnot.
Succeeded brother 1944.
Married 1st (17.08.1949) Elizabeth Kathleen (died 20.05.1972), eldest daughter of Sqdn Ldr G.G.A. Williams, Curral Hall, Tenbury Wells; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1977) Julia Grace, daughter of LtCol F.G. Peake, Hawkslee, St Boswells.

02.01.1922
Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
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03.07.1983

2nd Lt.	02.08.1941 [200121]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	25.09.1944 (reld 1946?)
Lt. RARO	23.06.1951
Hon. Capt. RARO	23.06.1951

Education: Kingsmead, Seaford, Sussex & Eton

02.08.1941			commissioned, Welsh Guards [emergency commission]
23.06.1951			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Master of Foxhounds: Ludlow Hounds, 1948-52; Cotswold Hounds, 1952-64; Duke of Buccleuch's Hounds, 1964-76; Jedforest Hounds, 1977-82.

Arbuthnot,
Hugh Fitz-Gerald
H.F. Arbuthnot

Son of Henry Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, Indian Forest Service, and Ivy (Minchin) Arbuthnot.
Married (06.09.1928) Kathleen Phyllis Sheppard; two sons, one daughter.

13.10.1903
Ootacamund
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04.1990
Chiltern & South Bucks district, Buckinghamshire

2nd Lt.	26.03.1943 [267739]
WS/Lt.	26.12.1943 (reld 1945/46)
Hon. Lt.	1945/46

Education: St Edward's School, Oxford

26.03.1943

(04.1944)

commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]

Arbuthnot,
John Henry
"Jackie"
J.H. Arbuthnot

Son of Major Robert John Wastel Arbuthnot-Brisco and Winifreda Teresa Boursot.
Brother of Lt. G.A. Arbuthnot & Capt. R.C.W. Arbuthnot.
Married (1941) Sheila M O'Connell Pike of Hartley Wintney; one adopted son, one adopted daughter.

30.01.1908
Winchester district, Hampshire
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20.09.1969

2nd Lt.	? [56350]
Lt.	17.07.1936 (reld 1945/46?)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	1945/46?

Education: The Oratory & Trinity College, Cambridge

			commissioned, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
(01.1937)	-	(01.1939)	153rd (London) Anti-Aircraft Battery, 51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
13.04.1943			transferred, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army

Arbuthnot,
[Sir] John Sinclair-Wemyss;
1st Baronet, cr. 1964, of Kittybrewster, Aberdeen
J. Arbuthnot

Son of late Major Kenneth Wyndham Arbuthnot, the Seaforth Highlanders, and Jane Elspeth Sinclair- Wemyss.
Married (03.07.1943) Margaret Jean, younger daughter of late Alexander Gordon Duff (b. 29.09.1919); two sons, three daughters.

11.02.1912
Kittybrewster, Old Aberdeen
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13.06.1992
Worlington, Suffolk (while visiting)
[West Hoathly churchyard, W Sussex]

2nd Lt.	28.06.1939 [92253]
WS/Lt.	28.08.1940
T/Capt.	28.08.1940
WS/Capt.	18.07.1942
T/Maj.	18.07.1942 (reld 1945/46)
Hon. Maj.	1945/46?

Bt	26.02.1964	for political and public services
MBE	02.06.1943	HM's birthday 43
TD	13.07.1951	?

Education: Eton; Trinity College, Cambridge (MA Hons in Natural Sciences); honorary pac [= Advanced Class, The Military College of Science]

			late Cadet, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
			commissioned, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
29.04.1940	-	(04.1941)	Assistant Inspector, Shells Division, Gun Ammunition Branch, Inspection and Experimental Staff, Ministry of Supply
18.04.1942	-	1945	Deputy Inspector, Shells Division, Deputy Chief Inspectorate of Armaments/A (2), Armaments Inspection Department, Ministry of Supply (wounded)

Served TA Reserve of Officers, 1948-1962.
Contested (C): Don Valley Division of Yorks, 1935; Dunbartonshire, 1945. MP (C) Dover Division of Kent, 1950-64; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions, 1952-53, to Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-56, and to Minister of Health, 1956-57; a Chairman of Committees and a Temporary Chairman of the House, 1958-64; Parliamentary Chairman, Dock & Harbour Authorities Association, 1962-64; Member, Public Accounts Committee, 1955-64; Member Parliamentary Delegations: to the Iron and Steel Community, 1955; to West Africa, 1956; to USA, 1957; to The West Indies, 1958; to Zanzibar, Mauritius and Madagascar, 1961; Leader of Parliamentary Delegation to Bulgaria, 1963. Second Church Estates Commissioner, 1962-64; Church Commissioner for England and Member, Board of Governors, 1962-77 (Deputy Chairman, Assets Committee, 1966-77); Member, Church Assembly and General Synod of Church of England, 1955-75 (Panel of Chairmen, 1970-72); Trustee, Lambeth Palace Library, 1964-77; Chairman, Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission to inquire into the organisation of the Church by dioceses in London and the SE of England, 1965-67. Member: Crathorne Committee on Sunday Observance, 1961-64; Hodson Commissio on Synodical Government for the Church of England, 1964-66; Standing Committee, Ross Institute., 1951-62. A Vice President, Trustee Savings Banks Association, 1962-76; in business in tea industry concerned with India, Ceylon and the Cameroons, 1934-74; Chairman: Estates & Agency Holdings Ltd, 1955-70; Folkestone and District Water Co., 1974-87; Joint Honorary Secreatary Association of British Chambers of Commerce, 1953-59.

Arbuthnot,
Myles Henry
[officially: Richard Henry Myles]
"Teeny"
M.H. Arbuthnot

Son of Major John Bernard Arbuthnot and Olive Blake.
Brother of Cdr. B.K.C. Arbuthnot, DSC, RN and of Gp.Capt. T.J. Arbuthnot, RAF.
Married (28.04.1939, Chelsea district, Middlesex) Marjorie Helen Miller, daughter of Dr. Ralph Miller.

17.08.1911
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16.10.1943
(KIA) [age 32]
[Bari War Cemetery, X.C.39]

2nd Lt.	31.08.1940 [145439]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	01.01.1941
WS/Capt.	?
T/Maj.	?

	MBE	15.10.1943	gallant and distinguished services in Sicily
	MID	06.04.1944	gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East

Education: Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge University (BA)

31.08.1940

commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]

Arbuthnot,
Robert Christopher Wastel
"Bobby"
R.C.W. Arbuthnot

Son of Major Robert John Wastel Arbuthnot-Brisco and Winifreda Teresa Boursot. Brother of Lt. G.A. Arbuthnot & Capt. J.H. Arbuthnot.
Married (02.1940) Sheila Grant-Smith; two sons, one daughter. Had an illegitimate child.

02.09.1906
Winchester district, Hampshire
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20.06.1978
Mendip

Capt.	15.07.1939 [97014] (reld 1945/46?)
Capt. TARO	01.08.1950

21.04.1950

Education: Downside School; Trinity College, Cambridge University

			late Cadet Under-Officer, Downside School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
15.07.1939			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
15.07.1939	-	?	Adjutant, ...
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(04.1944)			special appointment
01.08.1950	-	19.12.1956	transferred from Active List to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Arbuthnot,
Sir Robert Dalrymple;
6th Baronet of Edinburgh, cr. 1823, succ. 1941
R.D. Arbuthnot

Eldest son of Brig.Gen. Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 5th Baronet of Edinburgh, CMG, DSO, RFA, and Alice Maud (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot. Succeeded father 31.03.1941.

04.07.1919
Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
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30.06.1944
Normandy
(KIA) [age 24]
[Jerusalem War Cemetery, Chouain, France, A.16]

2nd Lt.	17.04.1940 [88177]
WS/Lt.	17.10.1941
T/Capt.	20.04.1942
T/Maj.	?

Education: Kingsmead, Seaford, Sussex, Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge (MA)

23.06.1939			Territorial Army, General List (University Candiates)
17.04.1940	-	12.1940	commissioned into the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers [emergency commission]
12.1940	-	30.06.1944	posted to 24th Lancers (remaining listed under the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers)

Arbuthnott,
Hugh
H. Arbuthnott

Son of Hugh Corsar Arbuthnott, CE of Harrogate, Yorkshire, and Marianne (Gibson) Arbuthnott.
Brother of Maj. R. Arbuthnott.
Married (18.4.1923) Jess Agnes Henderson (17.07.1897 - 06.02.1978); one son, two daughters.

20.06.1896
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26.11.1961

2nd Lt.	1916? [51708]
Lt.	?
A/Capt.	20.07.1918-...
Capt.	09.07.1920 (reld 30.09.1921)
Capt. TARO	09.05.1928?
Capt.	27.02.1936
A/Maj.	08.09.1939
T/Maj.	08.12.1939-..., 24.01.1941-...
WS/Maj.	? (retd 01.09.1948)
A/Lt.Col.	24.05.1943-...
T/Lt.Col.	28.08.1943-...
Hon. Lt.Col.	01.09.1948

MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe
LoM	?	?
BSM	?	?
TD	?	?
TD	12.12.1950	?

Education: Cheltenham

1916?			commissioned into The Highland Light Infantry - Territorial Force
02.02.1917			restored to the establishement
20.07.1918	-	?	posted as a Company Commander, The East Lancashire Regiment
(09.1920)	-	30.09.1921	7th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry - Territorial Force Reserve
09.05.1928	-	1930s	Captain, 9th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry - Territorial Army (Reserve of Officers)
27.02.1936			transferred to the 5th Battalion The Border Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
24.05.1943	-	(04.1944)	Assistant Quartermaster-General, Western Command (UK)
04.02.1957	-	1961?	Lieutenant, Army Cadet Force (Ayr)

Arbuthnott,
Hugh John
H.J. Arbuthnott

Son of Hugh Arbuthnott (Henderson).
Married 1st (02.10.1954) Dorothy Ferguson Denholm (died 04.1991); four daughters.
Married 2nd (19.08.1998) Elizabeth Jennings Calder, widow of Charles Thomas McCrea and only daughter of Alexander Calder.

19.06.1924
Laggan district, Inverness, Scotland
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[Ragusa Rhu, Argyll]

Cadet	? [1953896]
2nd Lt.	02.01.1944 [304171]
WS/Lt.	02.07.1944 (reld 1946?)
A/Capt.	?

MID

09.08.1945

NW Europe

Education: Sedbergh and Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MA)

02.01.1944

(04.1946)

commissioned into & served in the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (wounded)

Director Lithgows Ltd and other companies.

Arbuthnott,
Robert
"Bob"
R. Arbuthnott

Son of Hugh Corsar Arbuthnott, CE of Harrogate, Yorkshire, and Marianne (Gibson) Arbuthnott.
Brother of Lt.Col. H. Arbuthnott.

22.09.1900
Harrogate, Knaresborough district, Yorkshire - West Riding
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29.11.1980
Harrogate
[buried at Arbuthnott]

2nd Lt.	? [23757]
Lt.	?
Capt.	20.09.1930
Maj.	20.09.1938 (retd 1946?)

	MBE	01.02.1945	NW Europe
	TD	11.07.1941	?

Education: Cheltenham College; CEng, FICE, FIMechE

?			commissioned into The Manchester Regiment - Territorial Army
(11.1930)	-	(01.1939)	5th Battalion (Territorial), The Manchester Regiment (Wigan, East Lancs.)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
?			transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army
08.10.1943			transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Territorial Army
?	-	22.10.1955	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (age limit)

Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Dunbarton, 30.03.1961. Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dunbarton, 14.05.1968-1975.
Member, Iron and Steel Consumers' Council, 1951; Deputy Leader, UK Heavy Engineering Mission to India, 1956; President, Institute of Locomotive Engineers, 1958-1959. Member Queen's Body Guard for Scotland, Royal Company of Archers.

Arbuthnott,
Robert Keith;
15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, cr. 1641, succ. 1960;
Lord Inverbervie and Chief of the Name and Arms of Arbuthnott
R.K. Arbuthnott

Son of John Campbell Arbuthnott, CIE, civil servant, and Jeanne Sinclair Hamilton.
Succeeded cousin, 1960.
Married (10.01.1924) Ursula (died 20.12.1989), daughter of late Sir William Collingwood, KBE; three sons, one daughter.

21.08.1897
India
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15.12.1966
Hillside, Montrose

2nd Lt.	14.07.1915 [13522]
Lt.	15.01.1917
A/Capt.	03.12.1917-16.01.1918, 17.02.1918-10.07.1919
Capt.	02.01.1924
Maj.	01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.	18.06.1940-17.09.1940
T/Lt.Col.	18.09.1940-03.02.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	04.02.1942
Lt.Col.	01.10.1944
A/Col.	04.08.1941-03.02.1942
T/Col.	04.02.1942-01.01.1945
Col.	02.01.1945
A/Brig.	19.06.1942-18.12.1942
T/Brig.	19.12.1942-09.10.1945
A/Maj.Gen.	10.10.1944-09.10.1945
T/Maj.Gen.	10.10.1945
Maj.Gen.	22.12.1946, seniority 27.03.1945 (retd 29.11.1952)

CB	05.07.1945	gallant and distinguished services in Italy
CBE	21.12.1944	gallant and distinguished services in Italy
DSO	1939?	Palestine
MC	22.04.1918	*
MID	24.05.1918	?
MID	25.04.1939	Palestine
MID	24.08.1944	gallant and distinguished services in Italy
LoM	02.08.1945	distinguished services in the cause of the Allies

British War Medal; Victory Medal; Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of a raiding party. He took an active part in the preliminary reconnaissances and training and led his men with great success in the raid, inspiring them by his courage and keenness.

Education: Fettes; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College

14.07.1915			commissioned into the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
1915	-	1918	served Great War (France & Belgium, 19.09.1916-18.04.1918 (wounded)
03.12.1917	-	16.01.1918	Company Commander, The Royal Highlanders
(03.1931)			student, Junior Division, Staff College, Camberley
21.01.1933	-	06.12.1934	Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Black Watch (UK)
07.12.1934	-	15.10.1936	General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
16.10.1936	-	18.12.1937	Brigade Major, 7th Infantry Brigade (Southern Command, UK)
16.12.1938	-	17.06.1940	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley (temporary; local Lt.Col.)
04.08.1941	-	18.06.1942	Colonel General Staff
19.06.1942	-	09.05.1943	Brigadier General Staff
10.05.1943	-	24.09.1943	Commander, 198th Infantry Brigade (UK)
29.09.1943	-	10.10.1944	Commander, 11th Infantry Brigade (Italy, Egypt, Italy), also:
09.07.1944	-	30.07.1944	acting General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Italy, Egypt)
01.08.1944	-	21.08.1944	acting General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Egypt)
10.10.1944	-	17.11.1944	acting General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Italy, Egypt)
17.11.1944	-	1945	General Officer Commanding, 78th Infantry Division (Italy, Austria)
1946	-	1947	Chief of British Military Mission to Egyptian Army
1948	-	1949	Chief of Staff, Scottish Command
1949	-	01.11.1952	General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division TA and Highland District
01.11.1952	-	21.08.1957	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Kincardineshire, 1959. Lord Lieutenant, Kincardineshire, 1961-1966. Honorary Colonel of The Black Watch (Territorial Army), 20.06.1952-... Colonel of The Black Watch, 31.03.1960-01.06.1964.

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