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 Seville and "John Bull" brought her into Plymouth. In September the French privateer "Pourvoyeur", of Dieppe, captured the cutter "John Bull" and carried her into that port. Apparently "John Bull" and "Pourvoyeur" exchanged fire, and then the French boarded "John Bull" and took her in hand-to-hand combat. The French reported having lost one man killed; British casualties were 14. Balidar sold his four prizes from his 20-day cruise cruise, including "John Bull", in Dieppe. He grossed 447,862 francs. The other three prizes were: "Little Arthur", "Exchange" (of Wells), and Suckey. "John Bull" was commissioned in August 1810 as a French