of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1986 New Year Honours, and made a Knight of the Order of the Thistle (KT) in 1996. Death Following Arbuthnott's death, a service of thanksgiving for his life was held at St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen, on 14 September 2012. Family Arbuthnott was the son of Major General (Robert) Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott. He married Mary Elizabeth Darley Oxley (died 16 January 2010) on 3 September 1949; they had two children, one son and one daughter: Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott (born 18 July 1950) Susanna Mary Arbuthnott (born 1 May 1954) References Links External links Scottish clan chiefs 1924 births 2012 deaths Royal Navy officers Scottish military personnel People from Kincardine and Mearns Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Presidents of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Knights of the Thistle Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Bailiffs Grand Cross of the Order of St John Lord-Lieutenants of Kincardineshire Scottish surveyors Scottish lawyers Scottish Presbyterians 20th-century Scottish businesspeople 21st-century Scottish businesspeople Scottish justices of the peace People educated at Fettes College John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Lords High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Scottish landowners 16 Fleet Air Arm personnel of World War II Royal Navy officers of World War II Arbuthnott