Lionel Gough Arbuthnot


Major Lionel Gough Arbuthnot, MBE was a banker and soldier who also played first-class cricket on a tour of the West Indies in 1901–02.

Cricket career

Arbuthnot was not part of the official touring party which had just 11 players, but appeared in seven of the 13 first-class matches, including two of the games against teams representing the combined West Indies. He batted at No 11 in all but one of his seven games and he did not bowl.
His best match, and that of the whole team, was the second of the "international" fixtures he played in against the West Indies at Georgetown, Guyana, when he made his top score of 17 not out and shared in a 10th wicket partnership of 43 with wicketkeeper Arthur Whatman, who was captaining the side in Bennett's absence. The touring team won the match by an innings and 330 runs.

Military career

Captain, Lancashire Fusiliers; MBE 3 June 1919; Temp Lt Lanc Fus transferred to General List ADC 10 Jun 1918. Temp Major Labour Corps to be temp Lt-Col while employed as Army Burial Officer 23 Dec 1918. He relinquished his commission and was appointed temp Lt 23 Jan 1919. He relinquished his commission and retains the rank of Major 20 Jun 1919. He relinquished his commission 5 July 1921. Brigadier-General, Royal Fusiliers. Order of the White Eagle 5th class.

Family background

He was the son of Gough Arbuthnot and Caroline, née Molyneux. He was educated Harrow School from 1882 to 1886. He was a partner in Arbuthnot Latham & Co from 1896 to 1906.
Married, first, 18 April 1894, Violet Rebecca Morris, daughter of Sir John Henry Morris, KCSI of South Kensington. Divorced 1913. Lionel married second, 9 June 1927, Ada Ellen Brunker, daughter of Lt-Colonel H.M.E. Brunker and formerly the wife of James Thomas Sydenham.