George Arbuthnot (1836-1912)

Colonel George Arbuthnot DL, JP (9 June 1836 – 26 December 1912) was a British politician.

Born in Madras, India, he was the son of John Alves Arbuthnot of Coworth Park at Sunningdale in Berkshire and his wife and cousin, Mary, daughter of George Arbuthnot of Elderslie in Surrey. Arbuthnot was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hereford from 1871 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1880. He served in the Royal Horse Artillery, reaching the rank of Colonel, and was Justice of Peace of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire. On 12 October 1870, he married Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison, daughter of Captain Andrew Nepean Aitchison, 13th Natal Infantry, HEICS. They had six children:


 * Frances Muriel Arbuthnot (1871–1933)
 * Major John Bernard Arbuthnot (1875–1950)
 * Dorothy Gertrude Arbuthnot (1878–1957)
 * Mary Christobel Arbuthnot (b. 1879)
 * Hugh Archibald Arbuthnot (1885–1950)
 * Lieutenant Ronald George Urquhart Arbuthnot (1891–1918)