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[1] and
[2] have some more information on him: he was awarded the "
Order of Leopold with Palm" and the Belgian
Croix de Guerre with Palm.
Choess
23:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
The references on this page are unreliable as they are circular [3] the provider of the referencs to the peerage site is the author of this article User: Kittybrewster AKA Sir William Arbuthnot Bart. Giano 11:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
The followning sentence doesn't fit with the rest of the article:
"Arbuthnot ended his career in the HEIC as a Colonel. During his retirement he was awarded the honorary rank of Major-General on 31 December, 1861 [3]."
That date, and the date of the dissolution of the East India Company, was before his birth.
Why is he in Burkes, presumably his grandfather (?) was a baronet? -- Counter-revolutionary 21:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
His great-grandfather was a brother of the 2nd Arbuthnot baronet of Edinburgh which means that his gt gt grandfather was the 1st Baronet. Regards, David Lauder 21:21, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
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[1] and
[2] have some more information on him: he was awarded the "
Order of Leopold with Palm" and the Belgian
Croix de Guerre with Palm.
Choess
23:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
The references on this page are unreliable as they are circular [3] the provider of the referencs to the peerage site is the author of this article User: Kittybrewster AKA Sir William Arbuthnot Bart. Giano 11:39, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
The followning sentence doesn't fit with the rest of the article:
"Arbuthnot ended his career in the HEIC as a Colonel. During his retirement he was awarded the honorary rank of Major-General on 31 December, 1861 [3]."
That date, and the date of the dissolution of the East India Company, was before his birth.
Why is he in Burkes, presumably his grandfather (?) was a baronet? -- Counter-revolutionary 21:09, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
His great-grandfather was a brother of the 2nd Arbuthnot baronet of Edinburgh which means that his gt gt grandfather was the 1st Baronet. Regards, David Lauder 21:21, 25 May 2007 (UTC)