Robert Dalrymple (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Edinburgh 6th Bt (1919 - 1944)

Biography

Robert Dalrymple Arbuthnot was born on 4 July 1919. He was the son of Brig.-Gen. Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot 5th Baronet and Alice Maud Arbuthnot.^[1]

He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England and he was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Upon the death of his father he succeeded as the 6th Baronet Arbuthnot, of Edinburgh [U.K., 1823] on 31 March 1941.

He fought in the Second World War gaining the rank of Major in the 24th Lancers. Service No. 88177.

Tragically he was Killed in Action in Normandy, France on 30 June 1944 at the age of 24. There is a beautiful window to his memory in Nash church, Nash, South Shropshire. The family lived at Nash Court and later at Witton Paddocks.

Probate:

Event Date: 2 February 1945

Event Place: Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Beneficiary's Name: Alice Maud Arbuthnot

Second Beneficiary's Name: William Fitzgerald Arbuthnot^[2]

Burial

Jerusalem War Cemetery, Chouain, Chouain, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. PLOT: Row A. 16.^[3]

INSCRIPTION:

IN THY PRESENCE IS FULNESS OF JOY PS. XVI. 11

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. From "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006." Database. findmypast. http://www.findmypast.com : 2012. Citing General Register Office, Southport, England. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2F1S-Q4C
2. ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 24 June 2019. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7SQ-XV6Z
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58918513

• Table K Part 1

• The Peerage

• https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2336693/arbuthnot,-sir-robert-dalrymple/

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