Laird, airman and churchman;
Born: October 26, 1924; Died: July 14, 2012.
The 16th Viscount of Arbuthnott, who has died aged 87, held by genealogy the astonishing record of being one of an unbroken male line living in the same spot for more than 800 years. Ever since Hugh de Swinton was granted the lands of Arbuthnott by King William the Lion around 1188, the family has maintained a home in the same place in the same Kincardineshire glen.
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