Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott is a Scottish family name. The name derives from are the place Arbuthnott in North East Scotland and the Scottish Clan Arbuthnott. Viscount of Arbuthnott is a title of the peerage of Scotland, which was first awarded in 1641.
Well-known bearers of the name
Form Arbuthnot
- Alexander Arbuthnot (1538-1583), Scottish theologian and poet
- Charles Arbuthnot (1767-1850), British politician
- John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish physician, mathematician and writer
- Larry Arbuthnot ( b. 1947 ), Canadian rower
- Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), British admiral and governor
- P. Benedict Arbuthnot (1737-1820), Scottish physicist
- Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, British Rear Admiral, killed in the Battle of Jutland
Form Arbuthnott
- Betty Arbuthnott (1906-1985), British fencer
- John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, British peer and businessman
- Thomas Arbuthnott (1911-1995), New Zealand boxers
- Family name