Dictionary of Indian Biography/Arbuthnot, George
ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE (1772–1843)
Went, with his brother Robert, who was Chief Secretary in Ceylon, to Colombo, in 1800: thence to Madras and joined a Mr. Lautour in business: on the latter's death the firm was reconstituted, under the name of Arbuthnot & Co., which it still bears: retired from India in 1823, and settled in England.