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British politician and life peer (born 1952)

For the college wrestling coach, see James George Arbuthnot.

"Lord Arbuthnot" redirects here. For the Scottish hereditary peerage, see Viscount of Arbuthnott.

James Norwich Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, PC (born 4 August 1952), is a British Conservative Party politician.

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He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997, and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015.

Arbuthnot served as chairman of the Defence Select Committee from 2005 to 2014,^[1] before being nominated as a life peer in the Dissolution Peerages List 2015 of August 2015.^[2] Created Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, of Edrom in the County of Berwick, on 1 October 2015,^[3] he sits on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords.

Early life

Arbuthnot was born at Deal, Kent, the second son of Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet, MP for Dover between 1950 and 1964, and Margaret Jean