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Halse Rogers Arnott (1879 – May, 1961) was an Australian medical practitioner, company director and chairman of Arnott's.

Family and early life

Arnott was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, the youngest son of William Arnott (1827–1901) who was the founder of Arnott's Biscuits and his second wife, Margaret McLean Fleming (1865–1902). His full siblings were: William Arnott; Janet Dunman Arnott; Colonel John McLean Arnott, CMG; Colonel Arthur Smith Arnott; Margaret Fleming Arnott; Robert Fleming Arnott; George Marshall Arnott; Florence Joanna Arnott; and Victoria M Arnott. He was educated at Newington College from 1893. Arnott served with General Sir Redvers Buller's Scouts in South Africa during the Second Boer War.

Marriage and family

Arnott married Alice Johns in 1903 in Canterbury, New South Wales and they had five children: Campbell William Rogers Arnott (1905–1987); Phyllis Rogers Arnott (1907–2002); Malcolm Rogers Arnott (1911–1976); Keith MacKenzie Rogers Arnott (1912–1998); Dorothy Rogers Arnott (1915–1992). In 1904 Arnott incorporated a 1877 stone house in North Parade in Hunters Hill in a new mansion and named it Blairgowrie. The property was later known as Bulwarra and owned by Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. In 1941 the Sydney based architect William Ronald Richardson built the Arnott family a Georgian-style home in Burns Road Wahroonga. In 2022 the house, tennis court and swimming pool, set on a 5400 square metre block, sold for eleven million Australian dollars. Throughout their married life the Arnotts maintained weekenders in Springwood, in the Blue Mountains, including Homedale.

Medical and business career

Arnott matriculated at 35 and studied arts at the University of Sydney before graduating as a Bachelor of Medicine and Chemistry in 1925. He later studied for college membership in Edinburgh. Arnott was involved in the management of Arnott's from the time of his father's death in 1901 and served as chairman from 1947 until 1961. On his death he was succeeded as chairman by Geoffrey H. Arnott.

References

1. The descendants of William Arnott Retrieved 31 July 2012
2. The Age - Obituary Retrieved 31 July 2012
3. The descendants of William Arnott Retrieved 31 July 2012
4. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 6
5. Register of War Memorials in New South Wales - Newington College Boer War Honour Roll Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 31 July 2012
6. The descendants of William Arnot Retrieved 31 July 2012
7. Bulwarra Retrieved 23 October 2022.
8. Discover Hunters Hill Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 31 July 2012
10. SMH Title Deeds — China’s Yunnan Tin cans $11 million Wahroonga trophy estate, doubles money on way out Retrieved 23 October 2022.
11. Springwood Historians Retrieved 31 July 2012
12. Alumni Sidneienses Retrieved 31 July 2012
13. State Library of NSW - Group portrait of the board of William Arnott Limited, 1904 Retrieved 31 July 2012

• 1879 births
• 1961 deaths
• People educated at Newington College
• Australian businesspeople
• Medical doctors from Sydney
• Businesspeople from Sydney