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'''Sir George Gough Arbuthnot''' (28 August 1848 &ndash; 3 May 1929) was a businessman and civic leader in [[British India]].<br />
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Arbuthnot, the son of Archibald Francis Arbuthnot (son of [[Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet]]) and Gertrude Sophia Gough was six times a member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]]. He was seven times made chairman of the Madras [[Chamber of Commerce]], several times President of the board of directors of the [[Bank of Madras]], and in 1900 became chairman of the Famine Relief Fund. Grandson of a [[Baronet]], he was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] on 10 December 1901 for services to the [[British Empire]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Marlborough House, December 10, 1901.|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27389/pages/8979|accessdate=14 May 2011|newspaper=The London Gazette|date=20 December 1901}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Stock|first=Elliot|title=The Genealogical magazine|year=1904|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LIJPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA86|volume=7|page=86}}</ref><br />
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He became partner of [[Arbuthnot & Co]] of Madras 1871 and was senior [[partnership|partner]] in the firm at the time of its spectacular crash in 1906, as a result of which he was sentenced to 18 months rigorous imprisonment. The charges against him were (1) Cheating in respect of a fixed deposit in the name of the Rajah Krishna Badahur; (2) breach of trust respecting the Madras Equitable Assurance Society; and (3) breach of trust in misappropriating the funds of Arbuthnot's Industrials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5095478|title = Madras Bank Failure|newspaper = Advertiser (Adelaide, Sa : 1889 - 1931)|date = 27 September 1907|page = 7}}</ref><br />
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On 9 September 1873, Arbuthnot married Isabella Albinia Boyle, daughter of Richard Cavendish Boyle, the son of the [[Edmund Boyle, 8th Earl of Cork|8th Earl of Cork]]. They had two daughters.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{cite book | author=R. Srinivasan | title=The Fall of Arbuthnot & Co | publisher= East West Books (Madras) | year=2005 | isbn=81-88661-40-6}}<br />
*{{cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p12463.htm#i124623| title= thePeerage| accessdate= 2007-01-04}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=[[The Scots Peerage]]|editor=Sir James Balfour Paul|year=1908|publisher=founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's 'Peerage of Scotland'}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.kittybrewster.com/members/k_2.htm Arbuthnot family tree]<br />
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