Gerald Arbuthnot

Gerald Arbuthnot


Member of Parliament
In office 1910-1910
Succeeded by	Philip Morrell
Constituency	Burnley
Personal details
Born	(1872-12-19)19 December 1872
Died	25 September 1916(1916-09-25) (aged 43) Fricourt
Political party	Conservative
Occupation	Member of Parliament

Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot (19 December 1872 – 25 September 1916) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.

The son of Major General William Arbuthnot and Selina Moncreiffe, he was Vice-Chancellor of the Primrose League. Arbuthnot was private secretary to the Board of Agriculture from 1895 to 1899, assistant private secretary to the President of the Local Government Board in 1901 and 1902 and assistant private secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1905 and 1906. Between January and December 1910, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley.

In the First World War, he served in the Grenadier Guards and reached the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, having been made a Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve already in 1886. Arbuthnot died aged 43, killed in action and was buried at Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt.

He married (Mary Johanna) Dulcie Antoinette Oppenheim, daughter of Charles Augustus Oppenheim, on 6 February 1894. They had three daughters, one of whom married rower and financier Ian Fairbairn.

References

Mrs P S-M Arbuthnot (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
"thePeerage". Retrieved 3 December 2006.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Gerald Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot family tree
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Gerald Arbuthnot

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frederick Maddison	Member of Parliament for Burnley January 1910 – December 1910	Succeeded by Philip Morrell

Arbuthnot family

Generals	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

Admirals	Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot Mariot Arbuthnot Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Bt

Politicians	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

Diplomats	Charles Arbuthnot Hugh James Arbuthnott

Ecclesiastics	Alexander Arbuthnot Alexander Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot

Bankers, civil servants and traders	Alexander Arbuthnot Alexander George Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, KCSI C. M. Arbuthnot George Arbuthnot Sir George Gough Arbuthnot Robert Arbuthnot

Academics and educators	Sir John Arbuthnott May Hill Arbuthnot

Artists, printers and musicians	Alexander Arbuthnot Gary Arbuthnot

Writers and poets	Alexander Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, KCSI Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot Harriet Arbuthnot Dr John Arbuthnot

Viscounts	Robert Arbuthnott, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 10th Viscount of Arbuthnott Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott

Sportsmen	Eric Arbuthnot Lionel Gough Arbuthnot Reginald Arbuthnot Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott

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