Dictionary of Indian Biography/Arbuthnot, William Urquhart
ARBUTHNOT, WILLIAM URQUHART (1807–1874)
I.C.S.: fifth son of Sir William Arbuthnot, Bart: born 1807: educated at the Edinburgh High School and Haileybury: went to Madras, 1826: became Agent to the Governor at Vizagapatam: resigned the service, 1846: joined the firm of Arbuthnot & Co. at Madras: retired to England in 1838: was one of the original members, chosen by the Crown, of the new Council of India, from Sep. 21, 1858, under the Statute of 1858: more than once he declined the appointment of Finance Minister in India: died Dec 11, 1874.