1728 - 1803 (75 years)
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Name |
Robert Keith (2nd of Haddo Rattray) Arbuthnot |
Birth |
1728 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
5 Nov 1803 |
Person ID |
I157406 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
4 Jan 2022 |
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Notes |
- third and only surviving son of Robert Arbuthnot and Mary Petrie
Arbuthnot was a merchant in Peterhead, before moving to Edinburgh at some time before 1772, settling as a banker. He was for many years Secretary of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of the Manufacturers and Fisheries of Scotland, retaining the position until his death in 1803. He was succeeded in this position by his son William.
He was possessed of a genial and attractive disposition, and he counted among his friends the poet and philosopher James Beattie, as well as Sir Robert Murray Keith, British Ambassador in Vienna.
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