Robert Keith (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Edinburgh 2nd Bt (1801 - 1873)

Born 9 Sep 1801 in Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Fitzgerald) Arbuthnot — married 20 Mar 1828 in Bombay, India

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1873 at age 71 in Florence, Italy

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Biography

Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 2nd Bart. (b. 09 Sep 1801 Edinburgh - d. 04 Mar 1873 Florence, Italy),^[1][2][3] was the son of:^[4]

• Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart. (b. 24 Dec 1766 - d. Sep 1829),^[1]
• and Anne (d. 1846),^[2] dau. of John Alves, esq. of Shipland, co. Inverness, MD.^[1]

His parents married on 13 September 1800.^[1]

Robert succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Arbuthnot, of Edinburgh [U.K., 1823] on 18 September 1829.^[1] He served in Bombay Civil Service and was a collector and Magistrate in Amedabad, Bombay until 1847.

Marriage

Robert married Anne Fitzgerald (b. c.1808 - d. 6 Mar 1882), on 20 March 1828,^[5] at Bombay, India.^[6][2] She was a younger daughter of:

• Field Marshall Sir John Forster Fitzgerald, GCB, CBE,^[5]
• and his first wife Charlotte, dau. of Hon. Robert Hazen of St. John's, New Brunswick.^[5]

Robert and Anne had seven children.^[7]

children

• (s & h) Sir William Wedderburn Arbuthnot, 3rd Bart. (b. 1831).^[2][8][9]

Will

Probate:

Event Date: 17 April 1873 England, UK

Event Place: Principal Registry

Beneficiary: John Alves Arbuthnot

Second Beneficiary: Archibald Francis Arbuthnot

Additional Name: Hugh Gough Arbuthnot^[10]

Death

He died in Florence, Italy on 4 March 1873. He was buried in the Florentine Protestant Cemetery but later reinterred at the Cemetery of the Allori on 17 March 1882.^[11]

Inscription:

SIR R.K. ARBUTHNOT BART

BORN IN EDINBURGH 9TH SEPTR 1801

DIED AT FLORENCE 4TH MARCH 1873

EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS

WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM

1 THESS IV.14

HE IS NOT DEAD BUT ONLY LIETH SLEEPING

IN THE SWEET REFUGE OF HIS MASTER'S BREAST

AND FAR AWAY FROM SORROW TOIL AND WEEPING

HE IS NOT DEAD BUT ONLY TAKING REST

[Matt. 9.24; Mark 5.39; Luke 8.52]

REMAINS REMOVED TO THE CEMETERY OF THE ALLORI

MARCH 17TH 1882

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Debrett, J. (1840). "Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot," in Debrett's Baronetage of England, p. 15. Google Books.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Dod, C.R. (1855). "Arbuthnot, 2nd Bart.," in Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 15, p. 89. Google Books.
3. ↑ Wikipedia: Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet (9 September 1801 – 4 March 1873)
4. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950." FamilySearch, 15 May 2018.[1]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Burke, B. (1912). "FitzGerald of Carrigoran," in A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland, p. 232. A.C. Fox-Davies, Ed. London: Harrison & Sons. Google Books.
6. ↑ "India Marriages, 1792-1948 ." FamilySearch, 14 June 2016.[2]
7. ↑ "Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet (1801–73) married Anne Fitzgerald, dau. of Field Marshal Sir John Forster FitzGerald, G.C.H., & Charlotte, dau. of Hon. William Hazen. Lady Arbuthnot's Chamber is named after Lady Anne, who died at Florence, Italy, 6 March 1882, her husband having predeceased her on 4 March 1873. The couple had five sons and two daughters," (Wikipedia: Arbuthnot baronets#Arbuthnot baronets of Edinburgh (1823) v. 02:40, 24 January 2020.[3]
8. ↑ see also: Find A Grave: Memorial #154577791
9. ↑ Lawson (1905), states that Sir Wm. Wedderburn, was a great-nephew of George Arbuthnot (b. 1772), (p. 274, 276).[4][5]
10. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957." /FamilySearch.org : 24 June 2019. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.[6]
11. ↑ Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, Florence, Città Metropolitana di Firenze, Toscana, Italy. PLOT: 2PPsSH I 07s, (Find A Grave: Memorial #160523297).

See Also...

• Table K Part 1
• The Peerage
• Find A Grave: Memorial #160821548

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to William Arbuthnot for starting this profile.