Clan Arbuthnott in 1779. The previous clan chief was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (1945) and was appointed Knight of the Thistle and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In Scotland he headed the Venerable Order of Saint John. The present Viscount of Arbuthnott and chief of Clan Arbuthnott succeeded to the position on his father's death in 2012. The current chief of Clan Arbuthnott is Keith Arbuthnott, 17th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Lord Inverbervie and Chief of the Name and Arms of Arbuthnott. Members of Clan Arbuthnott can show their allegiance to the clan by wearing a crest badge which
Hired armed cutter John Bull which had been sailing from Lisbon to Antwerp. A day or so later "John Bull" detained and sent into Plymouth "General Walterstof", Groot, master. "General Walterstorf" had been sailing from Saint Croix to Copenhagen. At the end of August "John Bull" detained "Froe Secolitas", Sursen, master, which had come from Saint Thomas's. "John Bull" also detained "Flask", Erickson, master, from Lisbon to Tonningen, and "Neord", Tyson, master, from Oporto to Tonningen. "John Bull" sent all three into Plymouth. At the beginning of October "John Bull" detained and sent into Plymouth, "Indogheten", Johnson, master, coming from Cette. On 10 October a