Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot
{{Short description|British Royal Navy officer}}
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|name = Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot
|image = File:Admiral C R Arbuthnot.jpg
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|alt = Arbuthnot as Flag-Captain of Orlando in Australia in 1892
|caption = Arbuthnot as Flag-Captain of Orlando in Australia in 1892
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|1913|9|30|1850|2|5|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Liverpool, England
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|allegiance =United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|branch = Royal Navy
|serviceyears = 1863–1907
|rank = Admiral
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- {{HMS|Orlando|1886|6}}
- {{HMS|Crescent|1892|6}}
- {{HMS|Hermione|1893|6}}
- {{HMS|Resolution|1892|6}}
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|awards = Arctic Medal
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- Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (grandfather)
- Vice Admiral Charles Frederick Schomberg (father-in-law)
- Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot (son)
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Admiral Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot (5 February 1850 – 30 September 1913) was an officer of the British Royal Navy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiral C. R. Arbuthnot |department=Obituaries |date=1 October 1913 |page=9 |issue=40331 |column=B }}
Biography
Arbuthnot was born in Liverpool, England,{{Cite book |editor-last=Mosley |editor-first=Charles |title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage |edition=107th |location=Wilmington, Delaware |publisher=Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd. |year=2003 |volume=1 |page=121 |url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p12411.htm#i124107 }} the son of George Clerk Arbuthnot (1803–1876) of Marisbank, Midlothian, (the third son of Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet), by his second wife Caroline Ramsay, daughter of James Hay of Collepriest, and Lady Mary Ramsay, the fourth daughter of George Ramsay, 6th Earl of Dalhousie.{{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/memoriesofarbuth00arbu |title=Memories of the Arbuthnots of Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire |first=P. S-M. |last=Arbuthnot |publisher=G. Allen & Unwin Ltd. |location=London |year=1920 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoriesofarbuth00arbu/page/312 312]–314 |access-date=21 March 2014 }}
Arbuthnot entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in September 1863, aged 13, and was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in December 1869.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71207820 |title=Flag-Captain C. R. Arbuthnot |newspaper=Australian Town and Country Journal |location=Sydney, NSW |date=24 December 1892 |access-date=21 March 2014 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant from the Royal Yacht {{ship|HMY|Victoria and Albert|1855|2}} on 7 September 1871.{{London Gazette |issue=23775 |date=12 September 1871 |page=3933 }} In 1875–76 he served aboard the yacht {{HMS|Pandora|1861|2}} in the Arctic, earning the Arctic Medal.{{cite book |last = Mason |first = Herbert B. |title = Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping |publisher = Chichester House |year = 1908 |location = London |url = https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediash00masogoog |quote = charles ramsay arbuthnot. |page = [https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediash00masogoog/page/n46 36] }}
Arbuthnot was promoted to the rank of commander on 31 December 1883,{{London Gazette |issue=25303 |date=1 January 1884 |page=1 |nolink=yes }} and to captain on 30 June 1891.{{London Gazette |issue=26188 |date=31 July 1891 |page=4069 |nolink=yes }} In 1888 he was stationed in Zanzibar where he served in the Royal Navy's Anti-Slavery Squadron.Commander Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot to Rear-Admiral Fremantle, 25 September 1888, FO 403/107, The National Archives He commanded the cruisers {{HMS|Orlando|1886|2}} during her operations on the Australia Station between 1892 and 1895, and {{HMS|Crescent|1892|2}} from January to March 1895. From January 1896 until April 1898 he was in command of the protected cruiser {{HMS|Hermione|1893|2}}, which formed part of the Flying Squadron of 1896, and then the battleship {{HMS|Resolution|1892|2}} between April 1898 and March 1900.{{Cite web|first=Colin |last=Mackie |title=Captains Commanding Royal Navy Warships |url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |work=gulabin.com |access-date=21 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2015 }} From August 1900 until August 1903, he was in command of {{HMS|Cambridge|1869|6}}, the gunnery ship off Plymouth.
He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII on 9 September 1901,{{London Gazette |issue=27359 |date=27 September 1901 |page=6292 |nolink=yes}} serving until promoted to the rank of rear-admiral on 1 January 1904.{{London Gazette |issue=27632 |date=1 January 1904 |page=25 |nolink=yes }}
In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December 1903, Arbuthnot was placed on the Retired List on 1 July 1907.{{London Gazette |issue=28036 |date=2 July 1907 |page=4522 |nolink=yes }} He was promoted to vice-admiral on the Retired List on 22 March 1908,{{London Gazette |issue=28122 |date=24 March 1908 |page=2260 |nolink=yes }} and to admiral on 18 September 1911.{{London Gazette |issue=28533 |date=22 September 1911 |page=6949 |nolink=yes }} He died on 30 September 1913.
Personal life
On 8 January 1880 he married Emily Caroline, second daughter of Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick Schomberg. They had three children; Evelyn Mary (1881–1939), Beatrice Caroline (1883–1953), and Geoffrey Schomberg, (1885–1957).
Arbuthnot was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
References
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External links
- {{Cite web |last=Kittybrewster.com |title=The Descendants of Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh |date=2011 |url=http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/k_1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615021813/http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/k_1.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 June 2006 }}
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