Tour Scotland photograph of an Arthur gravestone in the Howff graveyard cemetery in Dundee, Scotland. Erected by Captain James Arthur, aide de camp to his highness Omar Captain Pasha, Admiral of Egypt, in memory of his brothers William, who died 8th May, 1826, aged 21, and John, who died 7th April 1828, aged 19.
One Mathew Arthur of Plimpton, aged 18 years of age departed from Plymouth in February 1634, aboard the Bonaventure bound for St. Christophers. He was one of the earliest name bearers to settle in the New World Colonies. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Geoffrey Arthur, which was dated 1135, in " Records of Oseney Abbey ", Oxfordshire, England, during the reign of King Henry I.
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