Arbuthnot Family - Harriet Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnot, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet, Charles Arbuthnot, Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Harriet Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnot, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet, Charles Arbuthnot, Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan, James Arbuthnot, Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Clan Arbuthnott, John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Mariot Arbuthnot, Charles George James Arbuthnot, Lionel Gough Arbuthnot, Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet, Thomas Arbuthnot, Dalrymple Arbuthnot, Charles George Arbuthnot, Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet, Alexander Arbuthnot, Geoffrey Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Alexander John Arbuthnot, Hugh Arbuthnot, Arbuthnot Baronets, Gerald Arbuthnot, Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot, Reginald Arbuthnot, Hugh James Arbuthnott, Eric Arbuthnot, Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott, John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott, George Gough Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnott, 10th Viscount of Arbuthnott. Excerpt: Harriet Arbuthnot (10 September 1793 - 2 August 1834) was an early 19th century English diarist, social observer and political hostess on behalf of the Tory party. During the 1820s she was the "closest woman friend" of the hero of Waterloo and British Prime Minister, the 1st Duke of Wellington. She maintained a long correspondence and association with the Duke, all of which she recorded in her diaries, which are consequently extensively used in all authoritative biographies of the Duke of Wellington. Born into the periphery of the British aristocracy and married to a politician and member of the establishment, she was perfectly placed to meet all the key figures of the Regency and late Napoleonic eras. Recording meetings and conversations often verbatim, she has today become the "Mrs. Arbuthnot" quoted in many biographies and histories of the era. Her ob...