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{{otherpeople|William Arbuthnot}}

Major-General '''William Arbuthnot''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]] ([[27 September]] [[1838]] – [[12 September]] [[1893]]), was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] [[military]] cavalry [[officer (armed forces)|officer]] serving in many of Great Britain's colonial wars in Africa during the late 19th century, most notably as Aide de Camp to [[Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala]] during the [[Abyssinia Campaign]].

==Early life==