| Office | Member of Parliament for Burnley |
|---|---|
| Term start | 15 January 1910 |
| Term end | 28 November 1910 |
| Predecessor | Frederick Maddison |
| Successor | Philip Morrell |
| Birth date | 19 December 1872 |
| Death date | 25 September 1916 (aged 43) |
| Death place | Fricourt, France |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Party | Conservative |
| Parents | William Arbuthnot Selina Moncreiffe |
| Spouse | (Mary Johanna) Dulcie Antoinette Oppenheim |
| Resting place | Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | (1886 – 1891, 1914 – 1915) (1915 – 1916) |
| Unit | Royal Navy Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards (Army) |
| Rank | Lieutenant (Navy) Second Lieutenant (Army) |
| Battles |
Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot (19 December 1872 – 25 September 1916) was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.
Early life
The son of Major General William Arbuthnot and Selina Moncreiffe, he was vice-chancellor of the Primrose League.
Political career
Arbuthnot was a private secretary to the Board of Agriculture from 1895 to 1899, assistant private secretary to the President of the Local Government Board in 1901 and 1902 and assistant private secretary to the Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1905 and 1906. Between January and December 1910, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley.[1] He also was the last conservative MP from Burnley, up until 2019.[2]
Military service
In the First World War, he served in the Grenadier Guards and reached the rank of second lieutenant, having been made a lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve already in 1914. He fought in the Battle of Ypres. Arbuthnot died aged 43, killed in action during the Battle of the Somme.[1] He was buried at Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt. In November 2018, Arbuthnot's name was added to the UK Parliament's World War One memorial, after a historian at the History of Parliament Trust noticed his name was missing.[1]
Personal life
He married (Mary Johanna) Dulcie Antoinette Oppenheim, daughter of Charles Augustus Oppenheim, on 6 February 1894. They had three daughters, one of whom, Cynthia Isabelle Theresa, married rower and financier Ian Fairbairn.
References
- ^ Cole, Matt (10 November 2018). "Former MP killed in WW1 finally added to Parliament's memorial". BBC News. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "Burnley turns blue as Conservatives win seat after more than a century". Lancashire Telegraph. 2019-12-13. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
- Mrs P S-M Arbuthnot (1920). Memories of the Arbuthnots. George Allen & Unwin Ltd