Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot [SEP] date of death
Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot
Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (21 May 1833 – 25 May 1901) was a notable British Orientalist and translator.
Biography.
Arbuthnot's early career was spent as a civil servant in India; his last post was as Collector for the Bombay government. He was named after his grandfather, Field Marshal Sir John FitzGerald. His first name is sometimes spelled "Foster".
Arbuthnot was well versed in the ancient literature of India. He collaborated with his close friend Sir Richard Burton in the translations of
Family.
On 20 March 1828, he married Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of Field Marshal Sir John Forster FitzGerald. They had seven children:
- Major Sir William Wedderburn Arbuthnot, 3rd Baronet (1831–1889)
- Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot (1833–1901)
- Reverend Robert Keith Arbuthnot (1838–1894), married Mary Agnes Vaughan, daughter of Reverend Canon Edward T. Vaughan on 17 June 1868
- Henrietta Anne Arbuthnot (1840–1897)
- John Alves Henry Arbuthnot (1842–1903)
- FitzGerald Hay Arbuthnot (1849–1894)