John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott

Coat of Arms of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott

John Campbell Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, KT, CBE, DSC, JP, FRSA, FRSE (26 October 1924 – 14 July 2012) was a Scottish peer, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (1977–99) and a notable businessman.^[1]^[2]

Education

Lord Arbuthnott was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh (head boy) and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied estate management ^[3] graduating with a BA degree in 1949; and a MA degree in 1967.^[1] He held an Honorary LL.D. degree from Aberdeen University (1995).^[2]

War service

During World War II, he served in the near and Far East and Pacific theatre (1944–45) with the RNVR - the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy (1942–46), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) in 1945.^[1]

Career

Lord Arbuthnott was a chartered surveyor and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), a Land Agent, a Justice of the Peace (JP) and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He served with the Agricultural Land Service division of the Ministry of Agriculture (1949–55), was Senior Land Agent for Nature Conservancy in Scotland (1955–67), member of the Countryside Commission (Scotland; 1968–71), Chairman of the Red Deer Commission 1969-75, President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (1973–92), President of the Scottish Landowners' Federation (1974–79), and a member of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (1976–2012), Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society (1980–1983),^[1] the RSGS (1983–2012); Federation of Agricultural Co-operatives (UK) Ltd (1983–2012); Deputy Chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council (1980–85); and Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Scotland (1980–85).^[2]

The Viscount was a director of Aberdeen & Northern Markets (1973–91; chairman, 1986–91), and served as a Director of the investment firm Scottish Widows (1978–1994), and was elected as chairman of the society (1984–87).^[4] He was a member (1979–85) of the Scottish North investment Trust, and a director of Britoil plc (1988–90), and joined the British Petroleum (BP) Scottish Advisory Board (1990–96).^[2] In 1985, Clydesdale Bank appointed Lord Arbuthnott as a main board director, a position that lasted until 1992.^[5]

Affiliations

He was Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), Prior of the Scottish Venerable Order of St John (GCStJ) (1983–95), and served as Her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (May 1986-87), on the Royal Commission on Historic Manuscripts (1987–94), and a member of the Aberdeen University Court (1978–84), and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers.^[2]

Honours

Lord Arbuthnott was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1985,^[6] and made a Knight of the Thistle (KT) in 1996.^[7]

Death

Following his death, a Service of Thanksgiving for his life was held at St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen, on 14 September 2012.

Family

The Viscount, long notable in British affairs, was the son of Major General (Robert) Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott. He married Mary Elizabeth Darley Oxley (died 16 January 2010) on 3 September 1949; they had two children, one son and one daughter:

The Rt Hon. Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott (born 18 July 1950)
The Hon. Susanna Mary Arbuthnott (born 1 May 1954)

References

1 2 3 4 Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland, 1999, p. 99, ISBN 2-940085-02-1
1 2 3 4 5 Crooks, John, & Green, Alison, Debrett's People of Today, 14th edition, London, 2001, p. 45; ISBN 1-870520-64-5
↑ Who's Who 1988
↑ Financial Times (12 May 1984) Appointments: Scottish Widows' fund and life assurance society, pg. 4
↑ Financial Times (27 March 1985) Appointments/Clydesdale Bank, p. 11
↑ The London Gazette, Issue 50361, 30 December 1985
↑ The London Gazette, issue 54597, 3 December 1996

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount of Arbuthnott
Arbuthnott family tree

Honorary titles
Preceded by Geoffrey Saunders	Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire 1977–1999	Succeeded by John Dalziel Beveridge Smart
Preceded by The Lord Maclean	Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1986–1987	Succeeded by Sir Iain Tennant
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by (Robert) Keith Arbuthnott	Viscount of Arbuthnott 1966–2012	Succeeded by (John) Keith Arbuthnott

British viscounts*

In the peerages of England, Scotland and Great Britain

Hereford Falkland Arbuthnott Oxfuird Bolingbroke & St John Cobham Falmouth Torrington Hood

In the peerage of Ireland *(pre-1801)*

Gormanston Mountgarret Valentia Dillon Massereene & Ferrard Charlemont Downe Molesworth Chetwynd Midleton Boyne Gage Galway Powerscourt Ashbrook Southwell de Vesci Lifford Bangor Doneraile Haberton Hawarden

In the peerages of United Kingdom & Ireland (post-1801)

*Current substantive viscounts, listed by precedence, from highest to lowest

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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