George Arbuthnot (politician)


Col. George Arbuthnot of Norton Court, Gloucester, DL JP MP was a British politician.

Life

Born in Madras, British India, he was the son of John Alves Arbuthnot of Coworth Park, Old Windsor, Sunningdale, Berkshire, and wife and cousin Mary Arbuthnot.
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.
He was buried with his wife at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Sunningdale, Berkshire.

Family

On 12 October 1870 he married Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison, daughter of Captain Andrew Nepean Aitchison, 13th Natal Infantry, Honorable East India Company Service, brother of General Charles Terrington Aitchison, and wife Frances Matilda Farish, daughter of James Farish, and paternal granddaughter of Major General Andrew Aitchison of Ryde, Isle of Wight and wife Martha Charlotte.... They had six children: