Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott
Admiral Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott (bapt. 5 March 1789[2] – 8 May 1871) was a British Royal Navy officer of the Victorian era.
For other people named Alexander Arbuthnot, see Alexander Arbuthnot (disambiguation).
Sir Alexander Arbuthnott
1789
Forton, Hampshire, England
8 May 1871
Leicester
1803–1846
- Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
- Battle of Copenhagen, 1807
- Naval General Service Medal, clasp Trafalgar[1]
- Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to George IV and to Queen Victoria
- Knight Commander of the Russian Order of Saint George, 1823
- Knight Commander of the Spanish Order of Charles III, 1837
- Turkish gold medal and Order of Medjidie, 1842
- Knight Bachelor, 1859
Background[edit]
Born in Forton, Hampshire, he was the son of Robert Arbuthnott, grandson of Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott, and his wife Cordelia, daughter of Hon. James Murray.[3]
Family[edit]
In 1827, Arbuthnott married in Kildare Catherine Maria ("Mary") Eustace (born about 1806 in Ireland; still alive in 1891 living in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire), third daughter of Rev. Charles Eustace and descendant of the Viscounts Baltinglass. They had a daughter, Josette Eliza Jane Arbuthnot (born about 1829 in France; died 12 January 1909; married Major Frederick Wollaston).
Arbuthnott died in 1871 in Leicester. He is buried in Shenton, Leicestershire.