John Sinclair Wemyss (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster Bt MBE MP (1912 - 1992)

Born 11 Feb 1912 in Powis House, Kittybrewster, Aberdeen, Scotland

Ancestors

Son of Kenneth Wyndham Arbuthnot and Janet Elspeth (Sinclair Wemyss) Arbuthnot

Husband of Margaret Jean (Duff) Arbuthnot Lady Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster — married 3 Jul 1943 in Holy trinity Brompton London

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1992 at age 80 in Worlington, Suffolk, England

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Biography

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Sir John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet, MBE, TD (11 February 1912 – 13 June 1992) was a British Conservative politician.

Arbuthnot was born in Kittybrewster, Old Aberdeen Scotland, the son of Major Kenneth Wyndham Arbuthnot (son of William Reierson Arbuthnot) and Janet Elspeth Sinclair Wemyss.^[1] Kenneth had served with the Seaforth Highlanders since 1893, fighting in the Chitral expedition in 1895, in the Mahdist War in the Sudan in 1898 (including the Battle of Omdurman), and in the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1902. He was brigade major of the Gordon Infantry Brigade when his son was "born, but was killed in action in the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915.

John Arbuthnot was educated at Eton College, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in 1933. He received his MA in 1938. He worked in the tea industry and was a Director of Folkestone and Dover Water Company and other companies. He served in World War II in the Royal Artillery, rising to the rank of Major. In 1940, he was seconded to work with explosives and was appointed MBE for his scientific work in 1944. He was decorated with the Territorial Decoration in 1951.

Arbuthnot stood in Don Valley in 1935 and Dover in 1945, losing to Labour candidates both times. He was elected as MP for Dover in 1950, serving until 1964. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary for the Minister of Pensions from 1952 to 1955 and for the Minister of Health from 1956 to 1957. He was member of the Public Accounts Committee from 1955 to 1964. He also served as Second Church Estates Commissioner, the spokesman for the Church of England in the House of Commons, and as a Deputy Speaker.

On 26 February 1964, he was created a baronet of the United Kingdom, of Kittybrewster in the County of the City of Aberdeen. He was buried in The churchyard of St Margaret of Antioch Church, West Hoathly, Sussex. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Maternal relationship is confirmed by a 113.5 cM match between William Arbuthnot GEDmatch T465513 and his third cousin Muriel Benedetti GEDmatch A858163.
2. ↑ Entered by William Arbuthnot, Mar 9, 2013

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to William Arbuthnot for starting this profile.