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
John Arbuthnot (agriculturist) a London banker with Grasshopper banking house, and also niece of Archbishop George Stone (1708–1764) of Armagh, the Primate of Ireland, son of Andrew Stone. Anne Stone's brother was Andrew Stone (1703–1773), under secretary of state 1748. The couple had ten children: On 10 June 1789, Arbuthnot married his fourth wife, being her second husband, Helen O'Halloran Fitzgerald (?): they had no children. In 1791, he then married his fifth wife, Anne Elizabeth Heard (?), and they too had no children. John Arbuthnot (agriculturist) John Arbuthnot FRS (c.1729 – 27 December 1797) was a British agriculturist, the Inspector General of