Frederick Arthur

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The grave of Sir Frederick Leopold Arthur, Brompton Cemetery, London

Sir Frederick Leopold Arthur, 2nd Baronet (Plymouth, 20 December 1816 – 1 June 1878) was a British soldier.

The son of

18th Hussars in 1863. He became a colonel
, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1854.

On 24 April 1856, he married Lady Elizabeth Hay-Drummond, daughter of the Earl of Kinnoull. They had three children:

  • Frederica Louisa Juliana Arthur (d. 23 March 1946), married Alfred Darby
  • Sir George Compton Archibald Arthur, 3rd Bt (1860–1946)
  • Captain Leonard Robert Sunkersett Arthur, CMG (23 December 1864 – 13 December 1903), died unmarried

He is buried on the eastern edge of Brompton Cemetery in London with his sister, Isabella Maria Malton, his two sons, George* and Leonard, and Kate Harriet, George's* wife ( i.e. The wife of George* the son of Frederick).

Coat of arms of Frederick Arthur
Crest
In front of two swords in saltire Proper pommels and hilts Or a pelican in her piety Sable the nest Or.
Escutcheon
Or on a chevron Azure between two clarions in chief Gules and a kangaroo sejant in base Proper two swords the points upwards also Proper points and hilts of the first on a chief of the third a horse courant Argent.
Motto
Stet Fortuna Domus (May The Fortune of the House Stand)[1]

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Titles of Courtesy. 1878.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
George Arthur
Baronet
(of Upper Canada)
1854–1878
Succeeded by