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ARBUTHNOTT—ARCHBOLD—ARCHER—ARGLES—ARGUIMBAU. joined the North Star 28, in which frigate he suhsequently captured several Spanish and Brazilian slavers, and ultimately returned to Portsmouth with Viscount Strangford, Envoy-Extraordinary at Rio Janeiro. He paid the off in 1829, and accepted the retired half-pay, 1 Oct. 1846. Capt. Arabin married Maria, second daughter of the late Sir Geo. Berryman Rumbold, Bart., Consul-General at Hamburgh, afterwards step-daughter of Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, K.C.B., and aunt of the present Sir Cavendish Stuart Rumbold, Bart. – J. Hinxman.

 ARBUTHNOTT. K.C.C., K.S.F.

, a lineal descendant of the first Viscount Arbuthnott, through his second marriage, and heir to the title and estates of the present nobleman after his own immediate family, is only son, by Miss Murray, of Canada, of the late Robt. Arbuthnott, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel of the 31st foot, who died on board the of wounds he had received at Ste. Lucie, 10 July, 1796.

This officer entered the Navy, 9 April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, Capt. Hon. Alex. Inglis Cochrane. During a subsequent attachment of nearly seven years to the 74, Capts. Geo. Duff, Robt. Dudley Oliver, Wm. Lukin, and Henry Raper, of which ship he was created a Lieutenant, 26 Oct. 1809, Mr. Arbuthnott took part, as Midshipman, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805 – assisted at the capture of the French frigate Le Rhin of 44 guns, 28 July, 1806 – was also present at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood, of four other of the enemy’s frigates, two of which, La Gloire 46, and L’lnfatigable 44, struck to the off Rochefort, 25 Sept. 1806 – accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. and Sept. 1807 – and saw much gunboat service in the Baltic in 1808-9. Being subsequently appointed, 27 June, 1811, after a short servitude in the 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, to the 98, successive flag-ship of Admiral Wm. Young and H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, Mr. Arbuthnott co-operated in the reduction of the islands of North and South Beveland, was present at the capture of Antwerp, and, having as First Lieutenant escorted to England the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia, assisted at the grand naval review held at Spithead. Assuming on that occasion the rank of Commander, by commission dated 27 June, 1814, he next joined, 24 April, 1823, the 10, and in that vessel, on being sent on a mission to St. Petersburg, had the honour of entertaining His Imperial Majesty and all the Court. Until posted, 14 Oct. 1824, he afterwards held the successive command of the 18, and  bomb – the latter employed on the second expedition against Algiers. His retirement took place 1 Oct. 1846.

Although Capt. Arbuthnott has since been on half-pay, he has not been inactive. Accompanying the British Auxiliary Legion to Spain, as Colonel on the Staff, he there became Colonel-Commandant, in Sept. 1835, of the depot at Santander and of the Convent of Carban, and was afterwards created a Knight Commander of the distinguished order of Charles III. by the Queen Regent, as a reward for his services in relieving San Sebastian when closely besieged by the Carlist troops, as also of the order of San Fernando for his gallantry in conducting the forlorn hope at the storming of Irun. When the Legion returned to England in 1838, Capt. Arbuthnott had attained the rank of Brigadier-General in the Spanish service. We next, in 1840, find him, at the recommendation of the First Lord of the Admiralty, appointed by Lord Palmerston to serve in Syria, as a Captain in the Navy, with Gen. Mitchell and the Commission employed in concert with the Turkish army to drive Ibrahim Pacha and the Egyptian forces out of that country. On the Commission being recalled, in 1842, he was presented by the Sultan with a gold medal Capt Arbuthnott, who had been appointed in Nov. 1824 one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to George IV., holds the same office under Her present Majesty He married, in May, 1826, Catherine Maria, third daughter of Chas. Eustace, Esq., of Robertstown, co. Kildare, claimant of the Viscounty of Baltinglass, by whom he has issue a daughter. – J. Hinxman.

 ARCHBOLD. 

entered the Navy, 14 July 1808, as Ordinary, on board the sloop, stationed in the West Indies, where he became Midshipman, in Aug. 1809, of the  18, and served, from Dec. 1810, to April, 1812, in the  frigate, Capt. Jas. Carthew. Joining next the 98, he witnessed in that ship Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial engagements with the French fleet off Toulon, 5 Nov. 1813, and 13 Feb. 1814; after which he removed successively to the and  yachts, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry, Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, and Geo. Scott. He has not, since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 11 March, 1816, been employed. – Hallett and Robinson.

 ARCHER. 

entered the Navy, in March, 1801, as A.B., on board the 32, Capt. Robt. Lewis Fitzgerald, employed on the Home station; served as Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Acting Master, from June, 1802, to Jan. 1808, of the 38, Capts. Lord Proby and John Chas. Woolcombe, and brig, Lieut.-Commander John Jas. Rorie, in the North Sea and West Indies; and was then successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the schooner, Capt. Christ. Bell, and 44, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, to which latter ship he was confirmed 27 Dec. 1808. His subsequent appointments were, on the Home station, – 10 Jan. 1810, to the sloop, Capt. Wm. Brooking Dolling – 19 Feb. 1811, to the 74, Capt. Robt. Rolles – and, 26 Nov. 1811, to the 36, Capts. Arthur Farquhar and Wm. Woolridge. In 1813-14 he appears to have been arduously employed on the German rivers, particularly at the reduction of the batteries of Bremerlehe and Blexen, and of the towns of Cuxhaven and Gluckstadt. On the latter occasion Mr. Archer landed in command of a party of seamen and marines. He has not, however, been employed since Oct. 1815. – J. Hinxman.

 ARGLES. 

entered the Navy, 1 Feb. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 50, commanded by his relative, Capt. Geo. Argles, whom he successively accompanied, as Midshipman, into the 32, and  38, the latter frigate employed on the Africa and West India stations. On next joining the 64, bearing the flag of Vice- Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley, he served at the blockade of St. Domingo, and witnessed the evacuation of that city by the French in July 1809. He obtained a Lieutenancy, 10 Nov. 1810, in the brig, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, also in the West Indies, where, and on the Home and Cape of Good Hope stations, he was afterwards employed, from 20 March, 1812, to 2 May, 1815, in the  38, Capt. John Fyffe,  74, Capt. Robt. Lambert, and and  frigates, both commanded by Capt. Phipps Hornby. He has not since the latter date been afloat.

 ARGUIMBAU. 

entered the Navy, 26 Jan. 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 18, Capt. Robt. Clephane, on the Mediterranean station; and in April, 1811, followed the same officer, as Midshipman, into the 74. During a subsequent attachment of five years to the 74, Capts. Sir Robt. Laurie, Robt. Waller Otway, and