John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott the Royal Navy (1942–46), and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) in 1945. Arbuthnott was a chartered surveyor and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS), a Land Agent, a Justice of the Peace (JP) and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He served with the Agricultural Land Service division of the Ministry of Agriculture (1949–55), was Senior Land Agent for Nature Conservancy in Scotland (1955–67), member of the Countryside Commission (Scotland; 1968–71), Chairman of the Red Deer Commission 1969–75, President of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (1973–92), President of the Scottish
John Bull French. In 1966, "The Times", criticising the Unionist government of Northern Ireland, branded the region "John Bull's Political Slum." Increasingly through the early twentieth century, John Bull became seen as not particularly representative of "the common man," and during the First World War this function was largely taken over by the figure of Tommy Atkins. John Bull's surname is also reminiscent of the alleged fondness of the English for beef, reflected in the French nickname for English people, "les rosbifs," which translates as "the 'Roast Beefs.'" It is also reminiscent of the animal, and for that reason Bull is portrayed