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JOHNSTON, JAMES, elder son of James Johnston, Secretary of State for Scotland, and his second wife Hon. Catherine Poulett, third dau. of John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1736 (Bourne's); left 1739; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 19 May 1739, matr. 1740; Maj., Cadogan’s (2nd Troop) Horse Guards 1744; Lieut. -Col., Royal Horse Guards 17 Dec 1754; Brevet Col., 19 Feb 1762; Col., 4th Dragoon Guards 3 Aug 1762 – Apr 1775; Maj. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Col., 11th Dragoons 27 Apr 1775 – Feb 1785; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Col. 2nd Dragoons, from 4 Feb 1785; Gen., 25 Oct 1793; m. 2 Mar 1746/7 Lady Charlotte Montagu, youngest dau. of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, and his second wife; d. 24 Nov 1795.

JOHNSTON, JAMES, only surviving son of Capt. George Johnston, Dublin, army agent, and Hester, dau. of Very Rev. James Bland, Dean of Ardfert; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1736; left 1739; Cornet, 13th Dragoons 5 Oct 1736; Lieut., 16 Feb 1740/1; 1st Royal Dragoons 23 Apr 1742; Capt., 24 Apr 1742; Maj., 27 May 1745; Lieut. -Col., 13th Dragoons 2 Dec 1754; 1st Royal Dragoons 7 Apr 1759; Brevet Col., 19 Feb 1762; Lieut-Gov., Minorca 1763-74; Maj. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Governor, Quebec 1774 (still 1790); Col., 4th Dragoon Guards 27 Apr 1775 – Apr 1778; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Col., 6th Dragoons, from 2 Apr 1778; Gen., 12 Oct 1793; served in Germany 1759-62, where he commanded a brigade of cavalry 1762, was present at battles of Warburg and Dettingen, and was wounded at Kloster Kampen; known in society as “Irish” Johnston, to distinguish him from his contemporary and fellow Army officer James Johnston (adm. Jun 1736, qv); m. 4 May 1762 Lady Henrietta Cecilia West, eldest surviving dau. of John West, 1st Earl De La Warr PC KB, General of Horse; d. 13 Dec 1797. Buried Nave, Westminster Abbey.

JOHNSTON, JOHN, brother of James Johnston [adm. June 1736, q.v.]; b. ; in school lists 1736 and 1737; Magd. Coll. Camb. (adm. fellow commoner May 19, 1739, aged 17).

Johnston, Joseph Perry, son of Rev. Joseph Johnston DD, Presbyterian Minister, of Hampstead, and Alice Anne, d. of David Perry of Pollokshields, Glasgow; b. 26 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (A, non-res. KS); left Apr. 1941; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1941, BA 1944, BSc 1946, MA 1949, BM 1950, DPhil 1954; lecturer in Biological Sciences Balliol Coll. 1949, later in Physiology Charing Cross Hosp.; m. 2 Apr. 1949 Evelyn Phyllis Jones; d. 28 May 1976.

JOHNSTON, MICHAEL; b.; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1752 (Grant's).

Johnston, Patrick Henry, brother of William Franklin Johnston (qv); b. 16 Jan. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (R); left July 1928; shipping business Peru 1930-5, Venezuela 1935-8, Trinidad 1938-42; 2nd Lieut RIASC Feb. 1944, served India, Burma and Malaya; d. at sea on his way home to be demobilised 4 Nov. 1946.

Patrick Henry Johnston was born at Santiago, Chile on the 16th of January 1911 the younger son of William Johnston, an engineer, and Ethel Gertrude (nee Turpie) Johnston of 19, Courtfield Gardens in London, later of “The Warren”, 223, Harefield Road, Uxbridge in Middlesex.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from September 1924 to July 1928. On leaving school he entered the shipping business and was based in Peru from 1930 to 1935, in Venezuela from 1935 to 1938 and in Trinidad from 1938 to 1942. He was married at Hammersmith in 1938 to Marjorie A.L (nee Hall later Betts); they had two children one of which was Carolyn Jean, born on the 6th of November 1939.
He was in the army from February 1944 and served in India, Burma and Malaya. He was returning home to be demobilised when he died and was buried at sea.
He is commemorated on the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial Panel 25, Column 3.

JOHNSTON, SAMUEL; b. 23 Apr 1809; adm. 10 Oct 1820.

Johnston, Terence Desmond, son of William Franklin Johnston (qv); b. 5 Apr. 1944; adm. Sept. 1958 (L); left July 1962; joined Coldstream Guards 1965, Capt. July 1971, acting Maj. Mar. 1974; specialised in mountaineering and winter survival; retd. Aug. 1983; d. 14 Jan. 2000.

JOHNSTON, THOMAS GREGORY, son of Thomas Johnston, Spanish Town, Jamaica, West Indies; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; d. 12 Oct 1787.