- Thomas Arbuthnot
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name =Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB
birth_date =birth date|1776|9|11|df=y
birth_place =Rockfleet ,Co Mayo
death_date = 26 January 1849
death_place =Salford
occupation =Lieutenant General
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relations =Son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet; Brother of Alexander Arbuthnot andCharles Arbuthnot and General Sir Robert Arbuthnot
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footnotes =Lieutenant General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot KCB (11 September 1776 –26 January 1849 "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] ) was born inRockfleet ,Co Mayo ,Ireland , the sixth son of John Arbuthnot, Sr of Rockfleet."Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"] He entered theBritish Army in 1794, as anensign in the29th Regiment of Foot . After serving in that and other regiments, he joined the staff corps under Sir John Moore in 1803. He subsequently served asquartermaster-general at theCape of Good Hope , whence, in 1808, he joined the army in theIberian Peninsula . He was assistant quartermaster-general to General Picton's division during the greater part of thePeninsular War . He was twice wounded, once in theWest Indies and again in one of the latest actions in the Peninsula.He was appointed an
aide-de-camp to thePrince Regent in 1814, and a K.C.B. in 1815. Promoted major-general in 1825, he was sent next year toPortugal in command of a brigade. He afterwards commanded a district inIreland , and having attained the rank of lieutenant-general in 1838, was appointed, in 1842, to the command of the northern and midland districts in England, which command he retained until his death.cite web|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BPkIAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA425&lpg=PA425&dq=%22robert+arbuthnot%22+colonel+76th&source=web&ots=b1RGrLvm7s&sig=xUu-J0hNr2uIACESVlk61jCJUoA&hl=en ]He died unmarried at his residence in The Crescent,
Salford .Family
He was brother of General Sir
Robert Arbuthnot , KCB andCharles Arbuthnot and bishop Alexander Arbuthnot.He was uncle of SirAlexander John Arbuthnot , Major GeneralGeorge Bingham Arbuthnot and Lieutenant General SirCharles George Arbuthnot .Army career
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* [http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/i.htm Arbuthnot family tree]
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