What is "arbuthnot"

At least three British privateers bore the name Arbuthnot during the American Revolutionary War.

• One Arbuthnot was a British privateer schooner named after Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot. In 1778 she was in company with His Majesty's armed brig Cabot, Edmund Dod, commander, when they captured the brigantine Deux Amis, and recaptured the ship York. At that time Arbuthnot was the property of the officers of HMS Rainbow. Arbuthnot became the prize of the American ships Argo and Fair American in April 1780, during the American Revolutionary War. Argo was a Pennsylvanian privateer brig, commissioned on 18 March 1780 under Commander John Ridge of Philadelphia. She was listed as being armed with fourteen guns and having a crew of sixty men. Fair American too was a Philadelphian privateer, under the command of Stephen Decatur, Sr.. She was listed as having a battery of sixteen guns and a crew of 130. Arbuthnot was armed with 14 guns.
• A second Arbuthnot sailed from New York on 16 October 1780 as part of a squadron attacking the James River. She was armed with 16 guns and was under the command of James Goodrich.
• A third Arbuthnot was the British privateer schooner of 10 guns, under the command of Captain John Riddle. She was sailing from New York to Newfoundland when the Connecticut brigantine Minerva captured her on 24 June 1781.

Various ships have had the name Arbuthnot, namely:

• Arbuthnot (galley), afloat 1780-1786
• Arbuthnot (schooner), a schooner or brig, afloat 1778
• Arbuthnot (steamship), a 41-ton steam ship which burnt out in Murray River, Australia 1913
• Alexander Arbuthnot (paddle steamer), paddle steamer, built 1923
• Thomas Arbuthnot (ship), a fast sailing ship, constructed 1841

Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott is a Scottish surname, deriving from the village in Scotland from where members of the Arbuthnot family originated.

Arbuthnot or Arbuthnott may refer to:

• Arbuthnot (surname), Scottish surname (and people with that name)
• Arbuthnot (schooner), British ship during the American Revolutionary War
• Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Arbuthnott, Scotland
• Arbuthnot Lake, a lake on Mount Baker in Washington
• Arbuthnot Road, Hong Kong
• Arbuthnot & Co, former British bank in India during the 19th century
• Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident, 1818 incident involving men tried for aiding hostile Indians in Florida, USA
• Arbuthnot Latham & Co, British merchant bank
• Alexander Arbuthnot (paddle steamer), Australian paddle steamer
• Thomas Arbuthnot (ship), 19th-century sailing ship
• " Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot", poem by Alexander Pope addressed to John Arbuthnot

Arbuthnot was a British naval vessel belonging to the Royal Navy. She may have been a rebel-owned vessel which was captured as a prize and renamed. She was commanded by Captain Scallon when her crew burned down large portions of the wooden city of Sunbury, Georgia during the British evacuation in April 1782. The British National Archives holds ships paybooks and muster lists for the Arbuthnot dating from 1780 to 1786.