John Campbell Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, (born 26 October 1924) is a Scottish

Scotland

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 peer

Peerage of Scotland

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, and was Lord Lieutenant

Lord Lieutenant

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 of Kincardineshire

Kincardineshire

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 (1977–1999). He is also a notable businessman.

Education

Lord Arbuthnott was educated at Fettes College

Fettes College

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, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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 and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

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, where he studied estate management graduating with a BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in 1949; and a MA degree in 1967. In addition he holds an Honorary LL.D. degree from Aberdeen University (1995).

War service

During World War II

World War II

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, Lord Arbuthnott served in the near and Far East and Pacific theatre (1944–1945) with the RNVR - the Fleet Air Arm

Fleet Air Arm

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 of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 (1942–46), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) in 1945.

Career

Lord Arbuthnott is a chartered surveyor and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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 (FRICS), a Land Agent, a Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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 (JP) and a Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

He served with the Agricultural Land Service division of the Ministry of Agriculture 1949 - 1955, was Senior Land Agent for Nature Conservancy in Scotland 1955 - 1967, a member of the Countryside Commission (Scotland) 1968 - 1971, Chairman of the Red Deer Commission 1969-75, President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (1973–1992), President of the Scottish Landowners' Federation (1974–79), and a member of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

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 (1976-), Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society 1980 - 1983, the RSGS (1983- ); Federation of Agricultural Co-operatives (UK) Ltd (1983-); Deputy Chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council

Nature Conservancy Council

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 (1980–85); and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Scotland (1980–85).

The Viscount was a director of Aberdeen & Northern Markets 1973 - 1991 (chairman 1986 - 1991), and served as a Director of the investment firm Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows

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 from 1978 to 1994, and was elected as chairman of the society 1984 - 1987. He was a member 1979 - 1985 of the Scottish North investment Trust, and a director of Britoil plc 1988 - 1990, and joined the British Petroleum (BP) Scottish Advisory Board 1990 - 1996. In 1985, Clydesdale Bank

Clydesdale Bank

Clydesdale Bank is a commercial bank in Scotland, a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group. In Scotland, Clydesdale Bank is the third largest clearing bank, although it also retains a branch network in London and the north of England...

 appointed Lord Arbuthnott as a main board director, a position that lasted until 1992.

He is also a Fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

Royal Society of Arts

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 (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Royal Society of Edinburgh

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 (FRSE), Prior of the Scottish Venerable Order of St John (GCStJ) (1983–1995), and served as Her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

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 (May 1986–1987), on the Royal Commission on Historic Manuscripts 1987 - 1994, and was a member of the Aberdeen University Court 1978 - 1984. He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers

Worshipful Company of Farmers

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Honours

Lord Arbuthnott was appointed CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 in 1985, and a Knight of The Thistle

Order of the Thistle

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 (KT) in 1996.

Family

The Viscount, long notable in British affairs, is the son of Major General (Robert) Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott. He married Mary Elizabeth Darley Oxley (died 16 January 2010) on 3 September 1949; they had two children, one son and one daughter:

• The Hon. Keith Arbuthnott, Master of Arbuthnott (born 18 July 1950) - heir apparent to the Viscountcy of Arbuthnott
• The Hon. Susanna Mary Arbuthnott (born 1 May 1954)

External links

• Arbuthnott family tree