Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot

Admiral SIR Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot, K.C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy, Retired (18 January, 1885 – 4 October, 1957) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Havant, Hants, the son of Captain C. R. Arbuthnot, R.N..

Arbuthnot was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 November, 1906.

He married on 22 October, 1913 and had a daughter in 1914 and boys in 1915 and 1919, one of whom joined the Royal Navy.

Post-War

Arbuthnot was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1918. The next day, he was appointed executive officer in the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cornwall. On 19 August, he would move from her to be commander in Temeraire, where he would remain until 2 May, 1921.

He was then appointed to work with the Director of Naval Ordnance, where he would remain for nearly two years. On 10 February, 1923, Arbuthnot was appointed to Calcutta as commander.

Arbuthnot was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1926.

Arbuthnot was appointed in command of the battleship Valiant in December, 1935.

Arbuthnot was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 11 December, 1936.

World War II

Arbuthnot was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 6 May, 1940.

Arbuthnot was placed on the Retired List on 31 December, 1943 and promoted to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 7 February, 1944.

His year of death is wrongly given in one Service Record as 1958.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Thomas C. C. Bolster	Captain of H.M.S. Seawolf 26 Aug, 1926 – 7 Mar, 1927	Succeeded by Ralph Kerr
Preceded by Harold G. Jackson	Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee 14 Mar, 1927 – 8 Jan, 1929	Succeeded by Arthur J. Power
Preceded by Niel O'Neill	Captain of H.M.S. Suffolk 12 Jan, 1929 – Jun, 1931	Succeeded by Geoffrey Layton
Preceded by Hubert Ardill	Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties 14 Mar, 1932 – 18 Jun, 1933	Succeeded by Douglas B. Fisher
Preceded by Edward O. Cochrane	Director of Training and Staff Duties 19 Jun, 1933 – 13 Mar, 1934	Succeeded by Frederick A. Buckley
Preceded by George H. D'O. Lyon	Captain of H.M.S. Cairo 1 Aug, 1934 – 26 Dec, 1934	Succeeded by Eric P. Vivian
Preceded by Ralph Leatham	Captain of H.M.S. Valiant 14 Dec, 1935 – 4 Feb, 1937	Succeeded by Frederic J. Walker
Preceded by Percy L. H. Noble	Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport 1 Oct, 1937 – 1 Apr, 1941	Succeeded by Sir John H. D. Cunningham
Preceded by Sir Ralph Leatham as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 22 Apr, 1941 – 17 Jun, 1942	Succeeded by Sir Geoffrey Layton as Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet