John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott explained

John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Honorific-Suffix:DL FRSE
Office:Rector of King's College, Aberdeen
Term Start:1827
Term End:1837
Office2:Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire
Term Start2:1805
Term End2:1847
Predecessor2:Anthony Keith-Falconer, 5th Earl of Kintore
Successor2:Sir Thomas Burnett, 8th Baronet
Birth Date:1778 1, df=y
Death Place:Bruges, Belgium
Father:John Arbuthnott, 7th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Children:John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Rank:Captain

John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott DL FRSE (16 January 1778 – 10 January 1860) was a Scottish peer and soldier. Known as "the rich Lord" he built the bridge in front of Arbuthnott House, Kincardineshire. He was the first member of the family who consistently spelled his name "Arbuthnott" rather than "Arbuthnot".

Life

He was the son of the 7th Viscount Arbuthnott and Isabella Graham.

He served in the 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) and the 52nd Regiment of Foot, reaching the rank of Captain. On 27 February 1800, he succeeded to his father's titles. Arbuthnot was Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire from 1805 to 1847, and Lord Rector of King's College, Aberdeen from 1827 to 1837.[1]

He had long service in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer between 1818 and 1820, and between 1821 and 1847. He fell from a horse in 1829 and suffered a severe head injury. As a consequence in 1848 he was prosecuted for fraud, forgery and uttering and, although the family paid his debts, the Viscount left Scotland, never to return; his heir ran the estate from 1850. He is thought to have died in Bruges.

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Family

On 25 June 1805, he married Margaret Ogilvy, daughter of Walter Ogilvy, 8th Earl of Airlie. They had six sons, and seven daughters:

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Notes and References

  1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 185. Cited at Web site: Lundy . Darryl . A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe – Person Page 1662 . The Peerage.
  2. Book: Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) . C D Waterston . A Macmillan Shearer . . 090219884X . July 2006 . 18 September 2015 . 24 January 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf . dead.
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118894977/jean-ogilvy-cheape
  4. https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2015/03/160-arbuthnott-of-arbuthnott-viscounts.html

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