George Arbuthnot (civil servant)
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| Born | 20 November 1802 Norbiton, Surrey |
| Died | 28 July 1865 |
| Occupation | Auditor of the civil list |
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| Children | General Henry Thomas Arbuthnot |
| Relatives | Son of General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB |
George Arbuthnot (20 November 1802, Norbiton, Surrey - 28 July 1865) was a distinguished[1] member of the permanent British civil service. He worked in the Treasury at the Colonial Office in Hong Kong when the HSBC charter was first drawn up; Arbuthnot Road, Hong Kong was named after him.[2]
Career
Arbuthnot served in the
He was then holding the appointment of auditor of the civil list and was also secretary to the ecclesiastical commissioners. He was twice offered the appointment of financial member of the council of the
Personal life
Arbuthnot was the son of Lt-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB.
He was married (1829) to Augusta Papendick (died 1853) and then (1857) to Louisa Anne Jones (daughter of Lt-General Sir Richard Jones, KCB). George Arbuthnot was father of General Henry Thomas Arbuthnot.
He wrote a retrospective economic analysis of Sir John Peel's 1844 act regulating the issue of banknotes:
- Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1844, Regulating the Issue of Bank Notes, Vindicated, Longman, 1857.
He died in 1865.
Notes
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography
- ISBN 0-521-32706-7.
References
- Arbuthnot, Mrs P S-M (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. Aberdeen: George Allen & Unwin.
- Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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