Charles Arbuthnot
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The Right Honourable Charles Arbuthnot |
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Rt Hon Charles Arbuthnot
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| First Commissioner of Woods and Forests |
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In office 1823 – 9 April 1827 |
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| Monarch | George IV |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by | William Huskisson |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Carlisle |
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In office 11 February 1828 – 2 June 1828 |
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| Monarch | George IV |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
| Preceded by | William Sturges Bourne |
| Succeeded by | Viscount Lowther |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 2 June 1828 – 15 November 1830 |
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| Monarch | George IV |
| Prime Minister | The Duke of Wellington |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Aberdeen |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Holland |
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| Born |
14 March 1767 Rockfleet, County Mayo |
| Died |
18 August 1850 (aged 83) Apsley House, Piccadilly, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Marcia Clapcott-Lisle (1774–1806) (2) Harriet Fane (1793–1834) |
Charles Arbuthnot (14 March 1767 – 18 August 1850) was a British diplomat and Tory politician. He was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807 and held a number of political offices. He was a good friend of the Duke of Wellington. His second wife, Harriet, became a hostess at Wellington's society dinners, and wrote an important diary cataloguing contemporary political intrigues.
Arbuthnot was son of John Arbuthnot, FRS of Rockfleet and brother of bishop Alexander Arbuthnot, General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot and General Sir Robert Arbuthnot. He was born in Rockfleet, County Mayo, Ireland, but much of his upbringing was with his mother's relations, the Stone family.
Arbuthnot sat as Member of Parliament for East Looe between 1795 and 1796, for Eye between 1809 and 1812, for Orford between 1812 and 1818, for St Germans between 1818 and 1827, for St Ives between 1828 and 1830 and for Ashburton between 1830 and 1831. He served under Henry Addington as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between November 1803 – June 1804, under Spencer Perceval and the Earl of Liverpool as Joint Secretary to the Treasury between 1809 and 1823, under Liverpool as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1823 and 1827 and under the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1828 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1828 and 1830.
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