Political and Diplomatic Career
Arbuthnot sat as Member of Parliament for East Looe between 1795 and 1796, for Eye between 1809 and 1812, for Orford between 1812 and 1818, for St Germans between 1818 and 1827, for St Ives between 1828 and 1830 and for Ashburton between 1830 and 1831. He served under Henry Addington as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between November 1803-June 1804, under Spencer Perceval and the Earl of Liverpool as Joint Secretary to the Treasury between 1809 and 1823, under Liverpool as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1823 and 1827 and under the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington as First Commissioner of Woods and Forets in 1828 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1828 and 1830.
Arbuthnot also held a number of diplomatic postings, notably as Consul General in Portugal between 1800 and 1801, as Minister to Sweden between 1802 and 1804 and as Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire between 1804 and 1807. In 1804 he was sworn of the Privy Council.
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