Robert Arbuthnot

Infobox_Person
name =Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB
birth_date =19 November 1773
birth_place =County Mayo
death_date =6 May 1863
death_place =Hanover Lodge, Regents Park
occupation = General
relations =Son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet; Brother of Rt Rev Alexander Arbuthnot and General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot and Charles Arbuthnot
spouse = (1) Susan Vesey
(2) Harriet Smith
children = George Arbuthnot
website = cite web |url=http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/i.htm |title= Family tree
footnotes = General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB, was born at Rockfleet, County Mayo, Ireland, on 19 November 1773. He was a General in the army, a colonel in the 76th Regt. [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 was a Brigadier General in the Portuguese Service and was appointed a Knight of the Tower and Sword of Portugal (KTS). He married his first wife, Susan Vesey in Belfast on 1 February 1802 (who died in Teddington, Twickenham on 30 June 1822). Susan was the only child of Colonel William Vesey of Farm Hill. Sir Robert married second at St James's Church, Piccadilly, 4 January 1826, Harriet Smith (dsp 5 December 1861), daughter of and co-heir of Thomas Smith of Castletown Hall, Lancashire. Sir Robert died in Hanover Lodge, Regents Park on 6 May 1863.

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* [http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/i.htm Family tree]