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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.