John Arbuthnott, 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott British Petroleum (BP) Scottish Advisory Board (1990–96). In 1985, Clydesdale Bank appointed Arbuthnott as a main board director, a position that lasted until 1992. Arbuthnott was Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), Prior of the Scottish Venerable Order of St John (GCStJ) (1983–95), and served as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (May 1986–87), on the Royal Commission on Historic Manuscripts (1987–94), and a member of the Aberdeen University Court (1978–84), and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers. Arbuthnott was appointed
David Gwilym John friends, was the father of Godfrey John. There is a plaque on the house in Rhoose, where he lived and worked for a number of years. David Gwilym John David Gwilym John (1884-1958?) was a Welsh cartoonist, best known as the creator of the cartoon character Dai Lossin. John was born to Catherine and William John at Pancross in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales in the early months of 1884. He was the cartoonist for the "Football Echo", a Saturday sports paper and was noted for the character he created, Dai Lossin. British political cartoonist Leslie Gilbert Illingworth called John