James Johnston

Wikipedia Biographical Summary

"James Johnston (baptised 9 September 1655 – 3 May 1737 Bath), was envoy extraordinary to Prussia 1690-92, Secretary of State, Scotland, 1692-96 and Lord Clerk Register 1704-5...

...He was the fourth son of Lord Warriston, Archibald Johnston (1610–1663), who was executed by Charles II on 26 July 1663 for having served under Cromwell, and his second wife Helen, daughter of Alexander Hay, Lord Fosterseat...

...In 1696 at Salisbury he married Catharine Poulett, third daughter of John, 2nd Baron Poulett by his first wife, Catharine née Vere. There were no surviving children...

...In 1716 he married Lucy daughter of Thomas Claxton of Dublin, sister of Frances Countess of Rosse and Viscountess Jocelyn, sister of Mary Carter, cousin of Edward Lovett Pearce, cousin of Sir John Vanbrugh and great-granddaughter of Sir Dudley Carleton of Imber Court Surrey, nephew and heir of Viscount Dorchester...

...Johnston died at Bath in May 1737 at the age of eighty-three and was buried at Twickenham on the 11th of May...

...His eldest daughter, Lucy, baptised at Twickenham 7 July 1717, married General George Preston, Colonel of the Scots Greys...

...His one surviving son, Lieutenant-General James Johnston (21 May 1721–26 November 1795) was Lieutenant-colonel Royal Horse Guards then Colonel of the Scots Greys following the death of his brother-in-law, General Preston in 1785...

...James Johnston the younger married Charlotte, daughter of George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax. After Charlotte's death he married his own first-cousin, Frances Carter, widow of Philip Twysden and mother of Frances Villiers, Countess of Jersey."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'James Johnston (Secretary of State)', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 22 April 2012, 03:02 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Johnston_(Secretary...> [accessed 15 November 2012]