George Arbuthnot of Norton Court (9 January 1836 – 26 December 1912) was a British politician.

Life

Arbuthnot was born on 9 January 1836 in Madras, British India. He was the son of John Alves Arbuthnot of Coworth Park, Old Windsor, Sunningdale, Berkshire, and wife and cousin Mary Arbuthnot. His father was a co-founder of Arbuthnot Latham, a private bank.

Career

Arbuthnot was Member of Parliament 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.

Personal life

On 12 October 1870, he married Caroline Emma Nepean Aitchison (1848–1927), daughter of Capt. Andrew Nepean Aitchison, of the 13th Natal Infantry, Honorable East India Company Service, and Frances Matilda Farish (a daughter of James Farish, acting Governor of Bombay). Her paternal grandfather was Major General Andrew Aitchison of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Together, they had six children: Arbuthnot died on 26 December 1912. His widow died on 16 March 1927 and was buried with him at Holy Trinity Churchyard, Sunningdale, Berkshire.

Descendants

Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Peter Leslie Young, who married Pamela Clare Gaitskell, Doreen Duff, and Joan Laing (formerly Barnes and Richardson), and was the great-grandfather of Michael Arbuthnot Young (b. 1930), who married Susanna Elizabeth Barclay (daughter of Theodore David Barclay, Chairman of Barclays Bank).