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General Charles George Arbuthnot

General Charles George Arbuthnot

Male 1824 - 1899  (74 years)    Has 20 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

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  • Name Charles George Arbuthnot 
    Prefix General 
    Birth 19 May 1824 
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Apr 1899 
    Siblings 3 Siblings 
    Person ID I679090  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2010 

    Father Bishop Alexander Arbuthnot,   b. 7 May 1768, Rockfleet, County Mayo, Éire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1828, Killaloe, County Clare Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Margaret Phoebe Bingham,   b. 1786   d. 1877 (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 5 May 1819  Dublin, Leinster, Éire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F299261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Caroline Charlotte Clarke,   b. 1845, Barbados, West Indies Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1909 (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1868 
    Children 
     1. Brigadier General Alexander George Arbuthnot   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F299263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2010 

  • Notes 
    • served in the Royal Artillery in the Crimean War and rose to become a lieutenant general in British India .
      Arbuthnot was a twin , the son of Alexander Arbuthnot , Bishop of Killaloe . His older brother, Alexander John Arbuthnot , became a senior civil servant in India . His half-brother, George Bingham Arbuthnot, was an honorary Major General and Colonel of the Madras Light Cavalry in India. He was educated at Rugby , attended the Royal Military Academy , and was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 June 1843.
      Arbuthnot served in the Crimean War as a captain in the 10th Battalion of the Royal Artillery. He was slightly wounded in minor actions near Sevastopol on 17 June 1855. He received a severe wound on 23 August 1855. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), later advanced to become a Knight Commander of the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and eventually made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in May 1894.
      He went to India in 1868, and was actively employed in the Anglo-Afghan War . On his return to England in 1880, Arbuthnot was appointed deputy adjutant-general of artillery, then inspector-general of artillery, and finally president of the ordnance committee. According to his article in the Dictionary of National Biography "his firmness and justice made him a highly respected administrator"
      He returned to India in 1886 as Commander-in-chief of the Madras Army, the army of the Madras Presidency and one of the three major armies that constituted the bulk of British forces in India. He served as senior military adviser for the Madras Presidency until 1890. He was appointed Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery 1893.



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