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Encyclopedia > George Arbuthnot (civil servant)
George Arbuthnot
Born 20 November 1802
Norbiton, Surrey
Died 28 July 1865
Occupation Auditor of the civil list
Spouse (1) Augusta Papendick
(2) Louisa Anne Jones
Children General Henry Thomas Arbuthnot
Parents Son of General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB
Website Family tree.
For other people by the same name, see George Arbuthnot.

George Arbuthnot (20 November 1802, Norbiton, Surrey - 28 July 1865) was a distinguished member of the permanant British civil service. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB. Born Rockfleet Castle 19 November 1773. ... George Arbuthnot of Farm Hill. ... November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... --69. ... Norbiton is a place in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, part of the South East England region and one of the Home Counties. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...


Arbuthnot served in the Treasury, and later was private secretary to Sir Robert Peel and subsequently to Sir Charles Wood, later Viscount Halifax. He was son of Lt-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB. He was appointed by Lord Liverpool a junior clerk in the Treasury 18 July 1820 and served with that department until his death. He was then holding the appointment of auditor of the civil list and was also secretary to the ecclesiastical commissioners. He was twice offered the appointment of financial member of the council of the governor-general of India, first on the death of Mr James Wilson, PC in 1860 and then on the retirement of Sir Charles Trevelyan in 1865, but was obliged to turn down the offer on health grounds on both occasions. He was married (1829) to Augusta Papendick (died 1853) and then (1857) to Louisa Anne Jones (daughter of Lt-General Sir Richard Jones, KCB). George Arbuthnot was father of General Henry Thomas Arbuthnot. The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury, in full Her Majestys Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... See Private Secretary to the Sovereign. ... This is about the British Prime Minister. ... Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800 - 1885) was an English statesman. ... Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB. Born Rockfleet Castle 19 November 1773. ... Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (June 7, 1770 - December 4, 1828) was a British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ... James Wilson was born in 1805 in Hawick in the Scottish Borders. ... // PC may stand for: Society & linguistics Political correctness, language that appears calculated to provide a minimum of offense Police Constable (also Pc), in the UK and Canada Presbyterian Church (USA), a Christian denomination Privy Council, a body that advises the head of state of a nation (see also Queens... Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan (born 1807 in Taunton, Somerset, England - died 1886) was a British civil servant. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...


References

  • Arbuthnot, Mrs P S-M (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. Aberdeen: George Allen & Unwin.
  • Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

External link

  • Arbuthnot family tree


 
 

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