Alexander John Arbuthnot
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 Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot KCSI | |
| Born | 11 October 1822 |
| Died | 10 June 1907 |
| Occupation(s) | British official and writer |
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| Relatives | Son of Alexander Arbuthnot; nephew of Charles Arbuthnot and General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot and General Sir Robert Arbuthnot; brother of General Sir Charles George Arbuthnot and half brother of Major-General George Bingham Arbuthnot |
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Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot
Early life
He was born at Farmhill, County Mayo, the third son of Alexander Arbuthnot and his second wife Margaret Phoebe Bingham, daughter of George Bingham.[1] Charles George Arbuthnot was his brother and Major-General George Bingham Arbuthnot a half-brother. He was uncle of Brigadier-general Alexander George Arbuthnot.
Arbuthnot was educated at Rugby School.
Career
Arbuthnot served in
Arbuthnot was honoured by the Crown with the titles of Knight Commander of The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (1873) and Companion of The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (CIE).
Later life
In 1880 Arbuthnot returned to England, his term on the Executive Council having come to an end. He settled at Newtown House, near Newbury.[1] He lived there from 1881. The property, owned to 1879 by Edmund Arbuthnot, then came to him through a family connection, on the death in 1889 of William Chatteris of Sandleford Priory, whose first wife Anne was Arbuthnot's sister.[3]
Arbuthnot contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography from its inception in 1885.[1] He was a noted amateur rose grower.
Family
Arbuthnot married, firstly, Frederica Eliza Fearon (died 1898), daughter of Robert Bryce Fearon (died 1851) of the
Publications
- Select reports of criminal cases determined in the Court of Foujdaree Udalat of Madras (1851)[5]
- Papers Relating to Public Instruction in the Madras Presidency (1855)[1]
- Sir Thomas Munro, bart., governor of Madras: selections of his minutes and other official writings (1881)[1]
- Lord Clive; the foundation of British rule in India (1899), with Henry Francis Wilson, Builders of Greater Britain series[6]
- Memories of Rugby & India (1910), with Constance Arbuthnot[7]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30430. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "The Vice Chancellors". University of Madras.
- ^ "History of Newtown - Newtown Parish Council". www.newtown-pc.org.uk.
- ^ Smythies, Raymond Henry Raymond (1894). Historical Records of the 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment, Now 1st Battalion the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment): From Its Formation, in 1717 to 1893. subscribers. p. 519.
- OCLC 19445369.
- OCLC 2328853.
- OCLC 2235625.
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