Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott
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Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott PC (before 1625 – 10 October 1655) was a Scottish Peer and Scottish Privy Counsellor (1649).
He was a son of Sir Robert Arbuthnott, 17th laird of Arbuthnott (normally referred to as Arbuthnott, of that Ilk) by Sir Robert's second wife, Margaret daughter of Simon Fraser, 6th Lord Lovat.[1]
He married, firstly, Marjory Carnegie (daughter of David Carnegie, 1st Earl of Southesk), sometime before 1639, and had two children:
- Hon. Margaret Arbuthnot (before 1644–?)
- Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnott (before 1648–16 June 1682)[2]
He married, secondly, his first cousin Katherine Fraser (daughter of Hugh Fraser, 7th Lord Lovat, on 30 June 1653 and had further children.
He was knighted by King Charles I "for his enduring loyalty", and was a Ruling Elder in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1641.
He was created 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott, of County Kincardine and 1st Lord Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, on 16 November 1641 by Charles I who was trying to persuade him to support the Royalist cause.
References
Books
- William Anderson (1867). The Scottish Nation. Fullarton & Company Edinburgh.
- Mrs P S-M Arbuthnot (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen Unwin Ltd.
- Bing, Hon Mrs Christy (1999). The Lairds of Arbuthnott. Agnate Press. ISBN 0-9535923-0-8.
External links
- Family tree[usurped]
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New creation | Viscount of Arbuthnott 1641–1655 | Succeeded by |
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- Sir Charles George Arbuthnot, GCB
- Charles George James Arbuthnot
- Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 5th Baronet
- Sir Hugh Arbuthnot
- Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott
- Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB
- Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB
- Alexander Arbuthnot
- Charles Arbuthnot
- Charles George James Arbuthnot
- George Arbuthnot
- Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot
- Sir Hugh Arbuthnot
- James Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom
- Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Bt
- John Arbuthnot (mayor)
- Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Bt
- William Reierson Arbuthnot
- Alexander Arbuthnot
- Alexander Arbuthnot
- Charles Arbuthnot
and traders
- Alexander Arbuthnot
- Alexander George Arbuthnot
- Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, KCSI
- C. M. Arbuthnot
- George Arbuthnot
- Sir George Gough Arbuthnot
- Robert Arbuthnot
- Alexander Arbuthnot
- Robert Arbuthnott, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott
- John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott
- John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott
- John Arbuthnott, 10th Viscount of Arbuthnott
- John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott
- Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott
- John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott
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