Hugh James Arbuthnott

Hugh James Arbuthnott, CMG (born 27 December 1936) is a retired British diplomat.

Son of James Gordon Arbuthnott and Margaret Georgiana, née Hyde. Married to Vanessa Rose Dyer, has three sons, Dominic Hugh, Justin Edward James (died 1989), and Giles Sebastian.

Educated at Ampleforth College and New College, Oxford, Arbuthnott was also a 2nd Lieutenant in Black Watch. He then joined HM Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service during the years of 1960–96. Arbuthnott then served as the Head of European Integration Department (External), FCO, from 1974 to 1978. As well, Arbuthnott served in Paris as Counsellor (Agricultural & Economic), and then as Head of Chancery 1978–83.

Between 1986 and 1989, he was HM Ambassador to Romania. As Ambassador, in 1989, he attempted to personally send a letter to the dissident Doina Cornea at her home in the Transylvanian city of Cluj-Napoca.^[1] Securitate officers prevented him to do this, "pushing and manhandling" him, a behaviour that Britain described as "outrageous".^[2] The official response of the Romanian authorities was that Hugh Arbuthnott "infringed traffic regulations" and that Cornea's activities were an internal matter of Romania.^[2]

Between 1989 and 1993 he was the Ambassador to Portugal and between 1993 and 1996 to Denmark.

He is a coauthor of Hugh Arbuthnott and Geoffrey Edwards (eds.) (1989). Common Man's Guide to the Common Market. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-40913-2. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

Honours

Order of St Michael and St George, 1983^[3]

References

^ Dennis Deletant (1995). Ceaușescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965–1989. M. E. Sharpe, London. p. 269. ISBN 1-56324-633-3.
^ ^a ^b "Britain Outraged at Romanian Behavior, Warns of Damaged Relations". Associated Press. 21 February 1989. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "No. 49583". The London Gazette. 31 December 1983. p. 4.

External links

Family tree^[usurped]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Philip McKearney	British Ambassador to Romania 1986–89	Succeeded by Michael Atkinson
Preceded by Michael Simpson-Orlebar	British Ambassador to Portugal 1989–93	Succeeded by Stephen Wall
Preceded by Nigel Williams	British Ambassador to Denmark 1993–96	Succeeded by Andrew Bache

[1] Dennis Deletant (1995). Ceaușescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965–1989. M. E. Sharpe, London. p. 269. ISBN 1-56324-633-3.

[AP-2] "Britain Outraged at Romanian Behavior, Warns of Damaged Relations". Associated Press. 21 February 1989. Retrieved 8 December 2012.

[3] "No. 49583". The London Gazette. 31 December 1983. p. 4.

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v t e Arbuthnot family
Generals	Sir Charles George Arbuthnot, GCB Charles George James Arbuthnot Sir Dalrymple Arbuthnot, 5th Baronet Sir Hugh Arbuthnot Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB
Admirals	Sir Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot Mariot Arbuthnot Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Bt
Politicians	Alexander Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot Charles George James Arbuthnot George Arbuthnot Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot Sir Hugh Arbuthnot James Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Bt John Arbuthnot (mayor) Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Bt William Reierson Arbuthnot
Diplomats	Charles Arbuthnot Hugh James Arbuthnott
Ecclesiastics	Alexander Arbuthnot Alexander Arbuthnot Charles Arbuthnot
Bankers, civil servants and traders	Alexander Arbuthnot Alexander George Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, KCSI C. M. Arbuthnot George Arbuthnot Sir George Gough Arbuthnot Robert Arbuthnot
Academics and educators	Sir John Arbuthnott May Hill Arbuthnot
Artists, printers and musicians	Alexander Arbuthnot
Writers and poets	Alexander Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot, KCSI Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot Harriet Arbuthnot Dr John Arbuthnot
Viscounts	Robert Arbuthnott, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 9th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 10th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 14th Viscount of Arbuthnott Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott
Sportsmen	Eric Arbuthnot Lionel Gough Arbuthnot Reginald Arbuthnot Betty Carnegy-Arbuthnott

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