John Bull the "blue and buff" scheme; this was used by supporters of Whig politics, which was part of what John Arbuthnot wished to deride when he created and designed the character. By the twentieth century, however, his waistcoat nearly always depicts a Union Flag, and his coat is generally dark blue. (Otherwise, however, his clothing still echoes the fashions of the Regency period.) He also wears a low topper (sometimes called a John Bull topper) on his head and is often accompanied by a bulldog. John Bull has been used in a variety of different ad campaigns over the years, and
Alexander Arbuthnot (poet) to the charge of the kirk of St. Andrews, ordered him to return to his duties at King's College. Minister of Logie Buchan (1568), of Forve and Arbuthnott (1569) and of St Andrews (1583). Moderator of the General Assembly (1573 and 1577). He matriculated his arms. Buried St Nicholas, Aberdeen. His extant works are three poems, "The Praises of Wemen" (4 lines), "On Luve" (10 lines), and "The Miseries of a Pure (poor) Scholar" (189 lines), and a Latin account of the Arbuthnot family, "Originis et Incrementi Arbuthnoticae Familiae Descriptio Historica", of which an English continuation, by Dr John Arbuthnot,