JOHNSTON, CHARLES JAMES. _b._ 1765; entered navy about 1787; governor of naval hospital of Madras 1802; captain 5 Sep. 1806; the Cornwallis under his command in 1807 was the first regular man of war to pass between Australia and Van Diemen’s Land; V.A. on half pay 6 Nov. 1850; pensioned 15 April 1854. _d._ Cowhill near Dumfries 16 Oct. 1856.
JOHNSTON, DAVID (son of Henry Johnston of Corstorphine and Edinburgh). _b._ Edinburgh 19 May 1801; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1 Aug. 1821; translated Dante’s Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso 3 vols. 1867–8; Corneille’s Polyeucte 1870; published Hadrianus Moriens, translations of Hadrian’s Address to his soul 1870, containing 98 translations by living authors; author of A general view of the system of public education in France. Edin. 1827; A general medical and statistical history of charity in France 1829. _d._ 13 Marlborough buildings, Bath 17 Oct. 1879. _The Academy 1879 ii p._ 321.
JOHNSTON, FREDERICK. _b._ 18 June 1792; cornet 6 dragoons 4 April 1810; captain 17 light dragoons 1824–6; major 67 foot 2 April 1829 to 26 Feb. 1836; general 7 Jany. 1874; placed on retired list 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ A 10, Albany, Piccadilly, London 31 Jany. 1882.
JOHNSTON, GEORGE. _b._ Simprin, Berwickshire 20 July 1797; ed. at Kelso, Berwick and univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1819; M.R.C.S. Edinb. 1817, F.R.C.S. 1819; general practitioner at Berwick 1819–53, mayor 3 times; LL.D. Aberdeen; a founder of Ray soc. 1844 and of Berwickshire naturalists’ club; one of editors of Mag. of zoology and botany; wrote 90 papers on natural history; author of A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 vols. 1829–31; A history of the British zoophytes. Edinb. 1838, 2 ed. London 1847; A history of British sponges and lithophytes 1842; An introduction to conchology 1850. _d._ Berwick on Tweed 30 July 1855. _Proc. of Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club_, _iii_ 202, 215.
JOHNSTON, GEORGE (son of Andrew Johnston, surgeon in the army). _b._ Dublin 12 Aug. 1814; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; M.R.C.S.E. 1837; M.D. Edin. 1845; assistant phys. of lying-in hospital, Dublin 1848–55; master of the Rotunda hospital, and writer of the clinical reports 1868–75; F.K.Q.C.P. Dublin 1863, pres. 1880; author with E. B. Sinclair of Practical midwifery, comprising an account of 13,748 deliveries which took place in the Rotunda hospital. 1878. d. 15 St. Stephen’s Green north, Dublin 7 March 1889.
JOHNSTON, JAMES. Ensign 8 foot 7 June 1839, lieut. col. 1 July 1862 to death. _d._ Malta 29 Dec. 1865.
JOHNSTON, JAMES FINLAY WEIR. _b._ Paisley 13 Sep. 1796; ed. at univ. of Glasgow, M.A.; kept a school at Durham 1825–30; studied chemistry under Berzelius in Sweden 1830; professor of chemistry and mineralogy in univ. of Durham from its foundation 1833 to death; chemist to Agricultural society of Scotland 1843 to date when society was dissolved; F.R.S. 15 June 1837; F.R.S. Edin.; author of The economy of a coalfield. Durham 1838; Catechism of agricultural chemistry and geology. Edinb. 1844, 33 editions, translated into most European languages and taught in schools; On the use of lime in agriculture 1849; The chemistry of common life 2 vols. 1853–5, 3 ed. 1879, his best work; contributed to Edinburgh review and Blackwood’s mag. _d._ Durham 18 Sep. 1855. _Blackwood’s Edinburgh Mag._, _Nov. 1855 pp._ 548–51.
JOHNSTON, JAMES HENRY. _b._ 1787; entered navy 1803, present at battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, lieut. 16 Feb. 1810; lieut. on half pay July 1815; proposed establishment of steam communication with India viâ the Mediterranean and Red Sea 1823; designed iron steamers which navigated the Ganges many years; controller of the H.E.I. Company’s steamers 1833–50. _d._ on his way home from India 5 May 1851.
JOHNSTON, _Norman_. _b._ 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1830; inc. of St. Peter, Kirkcaldy 1840 to death; presented with 200 guineas on his jubilee March 1890; domestic chaplain to Countess of Rothes 1859; dean of united dioceses of St. Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1880 to death. _d._ Kirkcaldy 18 Sep. 1890 aged 84.
JOHNSTON, ROBERT. Called to bar in Ireland 1829; Q.C. 9 May 1868. _d._ 1885.
JOHNSTON, THOMAS HENRY (brother of Alexander R. C. Johnston 1812–88). _b._ 1807; ensign 66 foot 21 Feb. 1822, lieut. col. 28 Dec. 1838 to 12 July 1850; served in Canadian rebellion 1837–8; col. 87 foot 9 April 1864, col. 66 foot 10 Oct. 1870 to death; general 5 Dec. 1871. _d._ Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire 29 Dec. 1891.
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM (son of Thomas Boston Johnston, packman). _b._ Biggar, Lanarkshire 18 Feb. 1800; ed. at univ. of Glasgow, M.A. 1817, D.D. 1850; Secession minister at Limekilns near Dunfermline 1823 to death; the Secession church became the United Presbyterian church in 1847, convener of committee on education 1847 to death; moderator of synod 1854; a jubilee service held in his honor 27 Aug. 1873 when he was presented with an epergne and 1000 guineas; author of A memoir of the rev. Robert Brown. Dunfermline 1830. _d._ at his lodgings, Hanover st. Edinburgh 24 May 1874. _W. Gifford’s Memorials of the life of Dr. Johnston_ (1876), _portrait_; _J. Smith’s Our Scottish Clergy_ (_2 Ser._ 1849) 334–9.
JOHNSTON, SIR WILLIAM (3 son of Andrew Johnston). _b._ Kirkhill near Penicuik, Midlothian 27 Oct. 1802; ed. at high school, Edin.; an engraver, Edin. 1 Dec. 1825; founded with his brother, firm of W. and A. K. Johnston 1826; engraver and copperplate printer to the Queen 2 Dec. 1837; purchased the business of the Messrs. Lizars 1859; built the Edina works, Easter road, Edinb. 1878; high constable of Edin. 1828; moderator to the high constables 1831, 32 and 39; member of dean of guild court 1831, of town council 1832; a bailie of Edin. 1840, lord provost 1848–51; knighted at Holyrood palace 26 Aug. 1851; retired from business 1867; joined with his brother in the production of atlases and maps. _d._ Kirkhill house near Gorebridge, Midlothian 7 Feb. 1888. _Bookseller_, _March 1888 pp._ 258–9.
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM WALKER WHITEHALL (eld. son of Thomas F. Johnston, colonial sec. of Trinidad, West Indies). Ensign 1 West India regiment 4 Aug. 1854, lieut. col. 24 Dec. 1873 to 1 April 1880 when placed on h.p.; hon. M.G. 1 April 1880. _d._ 9 Beauclerc road, The Grove, London 21 Jany. 1886.
JOHNSTONE, CHARLES VANDEN BEMPDE (younger son of sir R. V. B. Johnstone, 1 baronet, _d._ 1807). _b._ 24 Aug. 1800; ed. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1830; V. of Feliskirk, Yorkshire 1827–72; preb. of Wetwang in York cath. 17 Oct. 1844 to death; canon res. of York 1845–73. _d._ Sutton hall, Thirsk 15 May 1882.
JOHNSTONE, CHRISTIAN ISOBEL. _b._ Fifeshire 1781. (_m._ Mr. M’Leish, she obtained a divorce; _m._ (2) about 1812 John Johnstone of Dunfermline, schoolmaster, afterwards editor of Inverness Courier, they edited the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle); she edited and wrote ‘The schoolmaster and Edinburgh weekly mag.’ 4 Aug. 1832 to 29 June 1833 when it was converted into ‘Johnstone’s Edinburgh Mag.’ published monthly 9 numbers, this was incorporated with Tait’s Edinburgh Mag. 1834 which she edited 1834–46; author of Clan Albin, a national tale 4 vols. 1815, anon.; The cook and housewife’s manual. By Mistress Margaret Dods of the Cleikum inn, St. Ronans 1826, 11 ed. 1862; Nights of the round table, or stories of Aunt Jane and her friends. 2 series Edin. 1832 and 1849; John Johnstone _d._ Edinb. 3 Nov. 1857 aged 76; she _d._ Buccleuch place, Edinburgh 26 Aug. 1857. _W. Anderson’s Scottish Nation_, _iii_ 713–15 (1863); _Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine_, _Sep. 1857 pp._ 573–5.
NOTE.--Some accounts say this lady’s names were Christina Jane Johnstone.
JOHNSTONE, EDWARD (3 son of James Johnstone of Kidderminster afterwards of Worcester, M.D. 1730–1802). _b._ Kidderminster 26 Sep. 1757; ed. at free gram. sch. there and at univ. of Edinb.; B.D., M.D. 1779; one of physicians of Birmingham general hospital 1779; pres. of Medical sch., afterward called Queen’s college, Birmingham 1827–45; principal of Queen’s coll. 1827–45; hon. phys. of Queen’s hosp. Birmingham to death. _d._ Edgbaston hall near Birmingham 4 Sep. 1851. _Edgbastonia_, _iv_ 21–23 (1884).
JOHNSTONE, EDWARD (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ Ladywood house near Birmingham 9 April 1804; ed. Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; barrister L.I. 6 May 1828, barrister I.T. 1838; a founder of the Literary association of the Friends of Poland 1832; author of What is Poland? a question of geography, history and public law 1836; The general orders and practice of the courts of common law in Ireland 1854; claimed the dormant marquisate of Annandale 1876, claim dismissed by House of Lords as not having been proved 1881. _d._ Worcester 20 Sep. 1881. _bur._ Edgbaston. _Biograph_, _Aug. 1880 pp._ 170–3; _Edgbastonia_, _iv_ 21–3 (1884).