Family and Education
1st s. of Sir James Johnstone, MP [S], of Westerhall, by Margaret, da. of John Bannatyne of Corehouse, Lanark. m. (1) c.1687, Rachel, da. and coh. of James Johnston of Sciennes, Edinburgh, 1da. (2) Agnes (d. 1710), da. of Sir Robert Dalzell, 1st Bt. of Glenae, Dumfries, s.p.; bro. of William Johnstone*. suc. fa. 1699; cr. Bt. 25 Apr. 1700. Hist. Scot. Parl. 382–3; Roxburghe mss at Floors Castle, bdle. 797, William Kerr to Countess of Roxburghe, 7 Feb. 1710; C. J. Johnstone, Hist. Johnstones, 154, 164–5.
Offices Held
Cornet Ld. Yester’s tp. of horse 1689; lt. Earl of Annandale’s tp. of horse, 1689, capt. 1691; capt. Col. Richard Cunningham’s regt. Drag. [later 7th Hussars] by 1695, brevet-maj. 1703, lt.-col. by 1711.
MP [S], Dumfriesshire 1700–7.
Burgess, Edinburgh 1702.
Main residence: Westerhall (Westraw), Dumfries.
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Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
JOHNSTONE, Sir John, 1st Bt. (d. 1711)
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