He became partner of Arbuthnot & Co of Madras 1871 and was senior 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.[3]
On 9 September 1873, Arbuthnot married Isabella Albinia Boyle, daughter of Richard Cavendish Boyle, the son of the 8th Earl of Cork. They had two daughters.[citation needed]
Referencesedit
^"Marlborough House, December 10, 1901". The London Gazette. 20 December 1901. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
^Stock, Elliot (1904). The Genealogical magazine. Vol. 7. p. 86.
^"Madras Bank Failure". Advertiser (Adelaide, Sa : 1889 - 1931). 27 September 1907. p. 7.
R. Srinivasan (2005). The Fall of Arbuthnot & Co. East West Books (Madras). ISBN81-88661-40-6.
Sir James Balfour Paul, ed. (1908). The Scots Peerage. founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's 'Peerage of Scotland'.
george, gough, arbuthnot, other, people, named, george, arbuthnot, george, arbuthnot, disambiguation, august, 1848, 1929, businessman, civic, leader, british, india, george, arbuthnotarbuthnot, archibald, francis, arbuthnot, william, arbuthnot, baronet, gertru. For other people named George Arbuthnot see George Arbuthnot disambiguation Sir George Gough Arbuthnot 28 August 1848 3 May 1929 was a businessman and civic leader in British India Sir George ArbuthnotArbuthnot 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 1 2 He became partner of Arbuthnot amp Co of Madras 1871 and was senior 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 3 On 9 September 1873 Arbuthnot married Isabella Albinia Boyle daughter of Richard Cavendish Boyle the son of the 8th Earl of Cork They had two daughters citation needed References edit Marlborough House December 10 1901 The London Gazette 20 December 1901 Retrieved 14 May 2011 Stock Elliot 1904 The Genealogical magazine Vol 7 p 86 Madras Bank Failure Advertiser Adelaide Sa 1889 1931 27 September 1907 p 7 R Srinivasan 2005 The Fall of Arbuthnot amp Co East West Books Madras ISBN 81 88661 40 6 Sir James Balfour Paul ed 1908 The Scots Peerage founded on Wood s Edition of Sir Robert Douglas s Peerage of Scotland External links editArbuthnot family tree usurped Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Gough Arbuthnot amp oldid 1189302581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
