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Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Keith Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet, KCB, MVO (23 March 1864 – 31 May 1916) was a British Royal Navy officer during World War I. He met his death at the Battle of Jutland, when the cruiser squadron he commanded came under heavy fire after a bold but ill-judged attack on the German battle fleet. ==Background== Born in Alderminster to Major Sir William Arbuthnot, 3rd Baronet and Alice Margaret Thompson, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy on 5 June 1889. On 9 November 1901, he was severely wounded when a 6-inch gun, which was being prepared to celebrate the King's birthday, exploded on board , killing six men. In 1904, he became a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO). Arbuthnot had been a rugby three-quarter back who captained the United Service team and played for Hampshire. He was a boxing champion, who after dinner might bring out boxing gloves and spar with his guests. On one occasion when two sailors were found to be seeking revenge for a punishment, he issued them with boxing gloves and proceeded to take on and knock down the pair. On another occasion when three of his men launched a surprise attack against him while ashore, two had to be taken away to hospital.〔Gordon p.393 citing Stanley Bonnett, 'The Price of Admiralty' p. 114, Hale 1968〕 He was 'almost certainly the only () who could be seen on the quarterdeck of the flagship doing three grand circles in succession on the horizontal bar'.〔Gordon p.392 citing Geoffrey Lowes, Fabulous Admirals, Puttnam 1957〕 An interfleet crosscountry race was called "The Arbuthnot Trophy".〔Peter Geoffrey Arbuthnot took a photograph of TF Beer's Mediterranean silver 1929 medal〕 He had a Sunbeam Tonneau 〔 It is now in Yorkshire〕 and competed with it in the 1904 Bexhill Speed Trials. An enthusiastic member of the Motor Cycling Club, he kept his motorbike in his day cabin and engaged in long distance endurance races.〔Gordon p. 392〕 In 1908, he came third in the single-cylinder class of the Isle of Man TT,〔The Isle Of Man Race Meeting. The Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy, ''The Times'', Wednesday, 23 Sep 1908〕 and an annual rally in the Isle of Man and a TT trophy for service members are named after him. He had been a member of the M.C.C. since 1898, and had played for the Club, United Services, and the Navy. There is also a hamlet and post office named after him in Saskatchewan. He was married on 11 December 1897, to Lina MacLeay (1868–1935), daughter of Colonel Alexander Caldcleugh MacLeay. They had one daughter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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