Viscount of Arbuthnott

Coat of arms of the Viscount of Arbuthnott

Viscount of Arbuthnott is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .

The Viscount of Arbuthnott is the hereditary chief of the Arbuthnott clan .

The family seat is Arbuthnott House , in Arbuthnott , near Inverbervie in Kincardineshire .

Award and subordinate titles

The title was created on November 16, 1641 by King Charles I through Letters patent for the Scottish knight Sir Robert Arbuthnot . Together with the Viscount title he was awarded the subordinate title Lord Inverbervie , also in the Peerage of Scotland. With this and other awards, the king tried to enlarge the number of royalists in parliament in view of the impending English civil war .

List of the Viscounts of Arbuthnott (1641)

• Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott († 1655)
• Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnott († 1682)
• Robert Arbuthnot, 3rd Viscount of Arbuthnott (1663–1694)
• Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1686-1710)
• John Arbuthnot, 5th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1692–1756)
• John Arbuthnot, 6th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1703-1791)
• John Arbuthnot, 7th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1754–1800)
• John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1778–1860)
• John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1806-1891)
• John Arbuthnott, 10th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1843–1895)
• David Arbuthnott, 11th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1845-1914)
• William Arbuthnott, 12th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1849–1917)
• Walter Arbuthnott, 13th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1847–1920)
• John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1882–1960)
• Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1897–1966)
• John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott (1924–2012)
• Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott (* 1950)

Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current Viscount Christopher K. Arbuthnott, Master of Arbuthnott (born 1977).

Web links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Arbuthnott, Viscount of (S, 1641) at Cracroft's Peerage