Gerald Arbuthnot
Gerald Arbuthnot | |
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Member of Parliament | |
In office 1910-1910 | |
Succeeded by | Philip Morrell |
Constituency | Burnley |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 December 1872 |
Died |
25 September 1916 43) Fricourt | (aged
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 second 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 | ||
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Preceded by Frederick Maddison |
Member of Parliament for Burnley January 1910 – December 1910 |
Succeeded by Philip Morrell |