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
Hired armed cutter John Bull and a squadron were off Madeira. "John Bull", , and arrived at Madeira on 18 June and they sailed from Madeira to join the squadron on 21 June. On 9 December Captain Michael Till received a letter of marque for the cutter John Bull. In mid-January 1807 the privateers "John Bull" and "Busy" detained "Vrow Anna", a Dane, which had been sailing from Marennes to Gothenburg. A few days later "John Bull" detained and sent into Plymouth "John Adams", which had been sailing from Alicante to Cochin. In early February "John Bull" detained the American vessel "Henrietta", Nichols, master, which