Researching James Arbuthnot
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 166 people with the Arbuthnot surname? In that year Arbuthnot was ranked number 3413 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Arbuthnot on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Arbuthnot and the Arbuthnot Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 278 people with the Arbuthnot surname in the UK? Arbuthnot is now ranked number 3781 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called James Arbuthnot
James Arbuthnot
James Norwich Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, (born 4 August 1952), is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997, and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015.
Arbuthnot served as chairman of the Defence Select Committee from 2005 to 2014, before being nominated as a life peer in the Dissolution Peerages List 2015 of August 2015.
Created Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, of Edrom in the County of Berwick, on 1 October 2015, Lord Arbuthnot sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.
Source: James Arbuthnot, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Arbuthnot
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