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The Arbuthnot baronetcy of Edinburgh' was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 3 April 1823 for Sir William Arbuthnot, Provost of Edinburgh.

Arbuthnot baronets of Edinburgh (1823)

• Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1766–1829)
• Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet (1801–1873) married Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of Field Marshal Sir John Forster FitzGerald, G.C.H., and his wife, Charlotte, child of the Hon. William Hazen. Lady Arbuthnot's Chamber is named after Lady Anne, who died at Florence, Italy, 6 March 1882, her husband having predeceased her on 4 March 1873. The couple had five sons and two daughters.
• Sir William Wedderburn Arbuthnot, 3rd Baronet (1831–1889)
• Rear Admiral Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet (1864–1916), commander of the Royal Navy's 1st Cruiser Squadron; killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916, knighted KCB posthumously.
• Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, CMG, DSO, 5th Baronet (1867–1941), younger brother of 4th baronet
• Major Sir Robert Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 6th Baronet (1919–1944), 24th Lancers, killed in action at Normandy on 30 June 1944
• Sir Hugh Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, 7th Baronet (1922–1983), younger brother of 6th baronet; married Julia Grace, daughter of Major General Frederick Peake
• Sir Keith Robert Charles Arbuthnot, 8th Baronet (born 1951), educated at Wellington College and the University of Edinburgh.

The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Robert Hugh Peter Arbuthnot (b. 1986)

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Arbuthnot of Edinburgh

Crest a peacock's head proper. Escutcheon azure, a crescent between three mullets, two and one, argent; the whole within a bordure or, charged with three boars' heads couped gules. Supporters dexter, a wyvern vert vomiting flames; sinister, a greyhound argent, collared and line reflexed over the back gules. Motto "Innocent and true"

Gallery

• Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
• Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
• Sir William Arbuthnot, 2nd Baronet
• Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet

Notes

1. "No. 17846". The London Gazette. 24 August 1822. p. 1386.
2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. pp. 12–44.
3. Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 344.
4. Debrett, John (1840). The baronetage of England. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. p. 15.
5. ^ Mosley 2003, p. 125
6. "Arbuthnot, Brig.-Gen. Sir Dalrymple". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Arbuthnot, Major Sir Robert Dalrymple". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. "Arbuthnot, Sir Hugh Fitz-Gerald". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
9. ^ "Arbuthnot, Sir Keith Robert Charles". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
10. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 120. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byJames baronets	Arbuthnot baronets of Edinburgh 3 April 1823	Succeeded byEast baronets

• Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
• 1823 establishments in the United Kingdom