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Family and Education
bap. 28 Mar. 1611, 1st s. of James Johnston of Edinburgh and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton, Edinburgh Shire.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 381. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1628-30, travelled abroad (France), c.1630-1; called to bar, Edinburgh, 6 Nov. 1633.Oxford DNB. m. (1) 23 Oct. 1632, Jean (d. 12 June 1633), da. of Lewis Stewart, advocate of Edinburgh; (2) 4 Sept. 1634, Helen, da. of Alexander Hay, Lord Fosterseat, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 382; Oxford DNB. cr. Lord Wariston [S] 14 Nov. 1641. Kntd. 15 Nov. 1641. exec. 23 July 1663.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 382.
Offices Held

Scottish: procurator of Kirk, Nov. 1638. Commr. Pacification of Berwick, 18 June 1639; articles of treaty of Ripon, Oct. 1640. Ld. of session, 14 Nov. 1641, 28 Sept. 1657.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 381–2; Wariston Diary, iii. 100. Commr. Edinburgh Shire, convention of estates, 1643–4; for Edinburgh Shire, Scottish Parl. 1644 – 47; Argyllshire 1648–9. Member, cttee. of estates, 1643, 1645, 1648. King’s adv. 30 Oct. 1646. Ld. clerk register, 10 Mar. 1649 – Sept. 1650, 9 July 1657–?Jan. 1660.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 382. Commr. approbation of ministers, Lothian province 8 Aug. 1654;J. Nicoll, Diary of Public Transactions (Edinburgh, 1836), 166. admin. justice, 9 July 1657–?Jan. 1660.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 381–2. Judge, ct. of exch. 28 Sept. 1657–?Jan. 1660.Wariston Diary, iii. 100.

Central: member, cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Cllr. of state, 19 May 1659.A. and O. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Diary, 537.

Local: commr. assessment, Edinburgh Shire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. part 2, p. 839; A. and O.

: Lord Wariston.
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Commons 1640-1660
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JOHNSTON, Sir Archibald (1611-63), Lord Wariston.

Will
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centred on Wariston, Currie par., Edinburgh Shire, acquired on 2nd m. in 1634.Oxford DNB.
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