George Gough Arbuthnot

Sir George Arbuthnot

Sir George Gough Arbuthnot (28 August 1848 – 3 May 1929) was a businessman and civic leader in British India.

Arbuthnot, the son of Archibald Francis Arbuthnot (son of Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet) and Gertrude Sophia Gough was six times a member of the Madras Legislative Council. He was seven times made chairman of the Madras Chamber of Commerce, several times President of the board of directors of the Bank of Madras, and in 1900 became chairman of the Famine Relief Fund. Grandson of a Baronet, he was made a Knight Bachelor on 10 December 1901 for services to the British Empire.^[1]^[2]

He became partner of Arbuthnot & Co of Madras 1871 and was senior partner in the firm at the time of its spectacular crash in 1906, as a result of which he was sentenced to 18 months rigorous imprisonment. The charges against him were (1) Cheating in respect of a fixed deposit in the name of the Rajah Krishna Badahur; (2) breach of trust respecting the Madras Equitable Assurance Society; and (3) breach of trust in misappropriating the funds of Arbuthnot's Industrials.^[3]

On 9 September 1873, Arbuthnot married Isabella Albinia Boyle, daughter of Richard Cavendish Boyle, the son of the 8th Earl of Cork. They had two daughters.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "Marlborough House, December 10, 1901". The London Gazette. 20 December 1901. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
^ Stock, Elliot (1904). The Genealogical magazine. 7. p. 86.
^ "Madras Bank Failure". Advertiser (Adelaide, Sa : 1889 - 1931). 27 September 1907. p. 7.

R. Srinivasan (2005). The Fall of Arbuthnot & Co. East West Books (Madras). ISBN 81-88661-40-6.
"thePeerage". Retrieved 4 January 2007.
Sir James Balfour Paul, ed. (1908). The Scots Peerage. founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's 'Peerage of Scotland'.

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[1] "Marlborough House, December 10, 1901". The London Gazette. 20 December 1901. Retrieved 14 May 2011.

[2] Stock, Elliot (1904). The Genealogical magazine. 7. p. 86.

[3] "Madras Bank Failure". Advertiser (Adelaide, Sa : 1889 - 1931). 27 September 1907. p. 7.

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Generals	Sir Charles George Arbuthnot, GCB Charles George James Arbuthnot Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 5th Baronet Sir Hugh Arbuthnot Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB
Admirals	Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot Mariot Arbuthnot Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Bt
Politicians	Alexander Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot Charles George James Arbuthnot George Arbuthnot Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot Sir Hugh Arbuthnot James Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Bt John Arbuthnot (mayor) Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Bt William Reierson Arbuthnot
Diplomats	Charles Arbuthnot Hugh James Arbuthnott
Ecclesiastics	Alexander Arbuthnot Alexander Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot
Bankers, civil servants and traders	Alexander Arbuthnot Alexander George Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, KCSI C. M. Arbuthnot George Arbuthnot Sir George Gough Arbuthnot Robert Arbuthnot
Academics and educators	Sir John Arbuthnott May Hill Arbuthnot
Artists, printers and musicians	Alexander Arbuthnot
Writers and poets	Alexander Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, KCSI Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot Harriet Arbuthnot Dr John Arbuthnot
Viscounts	Robert Arbuthnott, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 10th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Sportsmen	Eric Arbuthnot Lionel Gough Arbuthnot Reginald Arbuthnot Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott