Arbuthnot (surname)
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Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott is a Scottish surname, deriving from the village
in Scotland from where members of the Arbuthnot family
originated.
Persons
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Non-human
Arbuthnott
Arbuthnott is a small village in northeast Scotland, 26 miles south of Aberdeen. It is located on the B967 east of Fordoun and north-west of Inverbervie in Aberdeenshire. The nearest train station is Stonehaven....
in Scotland from where members of the Arbuthnot family
Clan Arbuthnott
Clan Arbuthnott is a Scottish clan or family from the area of Kincardineshire in the lowland northeast of Scotland.-Origin of name:From the place name Aberbothenoth, which lies on a narrow peninsula on the north side of the river Bervie...
originated.
People with the surname Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott
Multiple people- Alexander Arbuthnot (disambiguation)
- Arbuthnot BaronetsArbuthnot BaronetsThere have been two creations of baronets with the surname Arbuthnot, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom and both are extant.-Arbuthnot Baronets of Edinburgh :...
- Charles Arbuthnot (disambiguation)Charles Arbuthnot (disambiguation)Charles Arbuthnot may refer to:* Charles Arbuthnot , British Tory politician and diplomat* Charles Arbuthnot , renowned Scottish abbot* Sir Charles George Arbuthnot , British lieutenant general...
- George Arbuthnot (disambiguation)
- Hugh Arbuthnot (disambiguation)
- Keith Arbuthnot (disambiguation)
- John Arbuthnot (disambiguation)John Arbuthnot (disambiguation)-Viscounts:*John Arbuthnott, 5th Viscount of Arbuthnott *John Arbuthnott, 6th Viscount of Arbuthnott *John Arbuthnott, 7th Viscount of Arbuthnott *John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott...
- Robert Arbuthnot (disambiguation)Robert Arbuthnot (disambiguation)Robert Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott may refer to:* Sir Robert Arbuthnott, 17th laird of Arbuthnott * Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott * Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnott...
- Thomas Arbuthnot (disambiguation)Thomas Arbuthnot (disambiguation)Thomas Arbuthnot may refer to:* General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB * Thomas Arbuthnot , fast sailing ship* Thomas Arbuthnott , New Zealand boxer...
- Viscount of ArbuthnottViscount of ArbuthnottThe title Viscount of Arbuthnott was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1641, along with the title Lord Inverbervie, for Sir Robert Arbuthnot.The Viscount of Arbuthnott is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Arbuthnott....
- William Arbuthnot (disambiguation)
Persons
- Barbara ArbuthnottBarbara ArbuthnottBarbara Elrington Douglas Arbuthnott was a Scottish woman who lived in Sunndal, Norway where she engaged in charitable work and wrote about her life.-Biography:...
(1822-1904), British benefactor - Betty Arbuthnott, Scottish fencer
- Eric ArbuthnotEric ArbuthnotEric Arbuthnot was a South African first-class cricketer.Son of Hubert Arbuthnot and Evangeline, née Barker.Head boy Hilton College . Excellent rugby player who also played first-class cricket for Natal. Estate agent. Married in Pietermaritzburg April 1917 Martha Batholomai...
, South African cricketer - Forster Fitzgerald ArbuthnotForster Fitzgerald ArbuthnotForster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot was a notable British Orientalist and translator. His early career was spent as a civil servant in India; his last post was as Collector for the Bombay government. He was named after his grandfather, Field Marshal Sir John FitzGerald...
(1833–1901), British Orientalist and translator - Gary ArbuthnotGary ArbuthnotGareth "Gary" Bernard Arbuthnot is a flautist who studied with Colin Fleming and then at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Sebastian Bell and Michael Cox, at McGill University in Montreal with Timothy Hutchins, and later with Sir James Galway and Emmanuel Pahud.During 1998 he was a...
(born 1972), Irish flautist - Geoffrey ArbuthnotGeoffrey ArbuthnotVice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot KCB, DSO was a British Vice Admiral.-Naval career:Born in Havant in Hampshire, Arbuthnot was the son of Admiral Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot and Emily Caroline Schomberg...
(1885–1957), British naval officer during WWI, later Fourth Sea Lord - Gerald Archibald ArbuthnotGerald Archibald ArbuthnotGerald Archibald Arbuthnot was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.The son of Major General William Arbuthnot and Selina Moncreiffe, he was Vice-Chancellor of the Primrose League...
(1872–1916), British soldier and politician, MP from Burnley - Harriet ArbuthnotHarriet ArbuthnotHarriet Arbuthnot was an early 19th century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party. During the 1820s she was the "closest woman friend" of the hero of Waterloo and British Prime Minister, the 1st Duke of Wellington...
(1793–1834), English diarist, social observer, and political hostess - James ArbuthnotJames ArbuthnotJames Norwich Arbuthnot, MP is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for North East Hampshire.-Early life:...
(born 1952), British politician and MP - James Arbuthnot (wrestling coach)James Arbuthnot (wrestling coach)James George Arbuthnot was the head college wrestling coach of the Oregon State Beavers wrestling team at Oregon State University from 1911–1917 and in 1920. In eight seasons of coaching at OSU, he compiled a 10-3-3 dual meet record and won 5 conference championships....
, Oregon State Beavers - Lionel Gough ArbuthnotLionel Gough ArbuthnotMajor Lionel Gough Arbuthnot, MBE played first-class cricket on a tour of the West Indies organised and captained by R. A. Bennett in 1901-02.-Cricket career:...
, English cricketer - Malcolm ArbuthnotMalcolm ArbuthnotMalcolm Arbuthnot was a pictorialist photographer and artist....
(1877–1967), British pictorialist photographer and artist - Mariot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), British admiral during the American Revolutionary war
- May Hill ArbuthnotMay Hill ArbuthnotMay Hill Arbuthnot was an educator, editor, writer, and critic who was selected for American Libraries article “100 Most Important Leaders we had for the 20th Century”. Arbuthnot devoted her career to the awareness and importance of children's literature...
(1884–1969), American educator, writer, and editor - Michael ArbuthnotMichael ArbuthnotMichael Alexander Arbuthnot is an archaeologist, instructor and archaeological film-maker.-Education and Awards:Michael A. Arbuthnot received his Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and minor in Anthropology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1996. He holds a Master’s Degree in...
, American archaeologist and film-maker - Reginald ArbuthnotReginald ArbuthnotReginald James Hugh Arbuthnot was an English first class cricketer.Son of William Urquhart Arbuthnot and Eliza Jane, née Taylor. Nephew of William H Spottiswoode....
, English cricketer
Fictional
- Sandy Arbuthnot, character in books in the Richard Hannay series by John Buchan
- Colonel Arbuthnot, character in Murder on the Orient ExpressMurder on the Orient ExpressMurder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on January 1, 1934 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year under the title of...
by Agatha Christie - Mrs. Arbuthnot, character in the play A Woman of No ImportanceA Woman of No ImportanceA Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy...
by Oscar Wilde
Non-human
- Arbuthnot was the name of Ann WiddecombeAnn WiddecombeAnn Noreen Widdecombe is a former British Conservative Party politician and has been a novelist since 2000. She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010. She was a social conservative and a member of...
MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
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