Robert Arbuthnot

Deceased Person

1669 – 1727

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Who was Robert Arbuthnot?

Robert Arbuthnot, Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland, was also sometime manager of Lord Stair's business affairs.

On May 16, 1709, John Philp and Robert Arbuthnot received a commission from the King as joint Auditors, without power of deputation.

He died in Lord Stair's house in Hanover Square, London.

After his death his brother Dr John Arbuthnot was requested to be present at the opening of his papers "to see if it were worth while for his wife, Elizabeth Arbuthnot, who was then in Scotland, to administer to him".

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Born
1669
Died
Aug 4, 1727

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on July 23, 2013

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