Arbuthnot

Arbuthnot is a Scottish family name . It is named after the place Arbuthnott ( Scottish Gaelic Obar Bhuadhnait , "mouth of the Buadhnat") in northeastern Scotland and the Scottish clan Arbuthnott . Viscount of Arbuthnott is a title of the Peerage of Scotland , which was first awarded in 1641.

• Alexander Arbuthnot (1538–1583), Scottish theologian and poet
• Charles Arbuthnot (1767–1850), British politician
• James Arbuthnot , Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom (* 1952), British Conservative Party politician
• John Arbuthnot (1667–1735), Scottish physician, mathematician and writer
• Harriet Arbuthnot (1793–1834), British diarist
• Larry Arbuthnot (born 1947), Canadian rower
• Marriot Arbuthnot (1711–1794), British admiral and governor
• P. Benedict Arbuthnot (1737-1820), Scottish physicist

See also:

• Arbuthnott (disambiguation)