- GB-2014-WSA-02216
- Person
- 1767-1850
ARBUTHNOT, CHARLES, brother of George Arbuthnot (adm. 1774, qv); b. Mar 1767; adm. 13 Jan 1780; left 1784; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Jun 1784; BA 1788; DCL 1834; brought up by his great-uncle Andrew Stone (qv); Grand Tour 1788-9; precis writer, Foreign Office Sep 1793 - Mar 1795; MP East Looe 27 Mar 1795 - 1796; Secretary to Embassy, Sweden 1795-9, chargé d’affaires Jul 1795 - Jan 1797; on extraordinary mission to Wurttemberg Feb - May 1798; Consul-General, Portugal 1800-1; Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden Sep 1802 - Oct 1803; Under-Secretary, Foreign Office Nov 1803 - Jun 1804; Ambassador Extraordinary at Constantinople 1804-7; Privy Councillor 27 Jun 1804; MP Eye 18 Apr 1809 - 1812, Orford 1812-8, St. Germans 1818 - Jun 1827, St. Ives 10 Jun 1828 - 1830, Ashburton 1830 - Feb 1831; Joint Secretary to the Treasury Apr 1809- Feb 1823, managing parliamentary business and patronage; First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Feb 1823- Apr 1827, Feb - Jun 1828; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Jun 1828- Nov 1830; the Duke of Wellington’s partiality for his second wife drew him into the Duke’s inner circle of friends, and after his wife’s death he took up residence with the Duke as his confidential friend and adviser m. 1st, 23 Feb 1799 Marcia Mary Ann, dau. of William Clapcott Lisle, Upwey, Dorset; m. 2nd, 31 Jan 1814 Harriet, third dau. of Hon. Henry Fane MP, Fulbeck, Lincs.; d. 18 Aug 1850. DNB.