John Arbuthnot Spanish Succession. The war had profited John and Sarah Churchill, and the Tory ministry sought to end it by withdrawing from all England's alliances and negotiating directly with France. Swift wrote "The Conduct of the Allies," and Arbuthnot wrote a series of five pamphlets featuring John Bull. The first of these, "Law Is a Bottomless Pit" (1712), introduced a simple allegory to explain the war. John Bull (England) is suing Louis Baboon (i.e. Louis Bourbon, or Louis XIV of France) over the estate of the dead Lord Strutt (Charles II of Spain). Bull's lawyer is the one who really enjoys
Robert Arbuthnot (auditor) was then in Scotland, to administer to him" (i.e.: be executor of his estate). Robert Arbuthnot (auditor) Robert Arbuthnot, Auditor of the Exchequer in Scotland, (1669 in Inverbervie – August 4, 1727 in London) was also sometime manager of Lord Stair's business affairs. On May 16, 1709, John Philp and Robert Arbuthnot received a commission from the King as joint Auditors, without power of deputation. He died in Lord Stair's house in Hanover Square, London. After his death his brother Dr John Arbuthnot was requested to be present at the opening of his papers "to see if it were worth