George Johnstone

Profile & Legacies Summary

1730 - 1787

Biography

Colonial governor, politician, naval officer, and MP with an entry in the ODNB. His identification as the Governor Johnstone who owned 825 acres of land in Grenada in 1780 is not supported by e.g. Emma Rothschild, but George Johnstone was commonly known as 'Governor Johnstone' for the last two decades of his life.

The will of George Johnstone of Taplow Buckinghamshire was proved 12/06/1787. The will did not mention property in Grenada, instead dealing with provision for his son John Lowther Johnstone and three natural sons, and for a natural daughter, Sophia.

Sources

Fabel, Robin F. A. "Johnstone, George (1730–1787), naval officer, colonial governor, and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 26 Apr. 2020. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-14960; http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/johnstone-george-1730-87. [accessed 19/05/2018]; Emma Rothschild, The Inner Lives of Empire (2011) shows no holding in Grenada for George Johnstone in her analysis of the linkages to slavery of the Johnstone family members.

PROB 11/1154/103.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Married but no further details

Oxford DNB Entry

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Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1780 [EA] - → Owner

Lot 35, St David [ Grenada | St David ]

Given as 'Governor Johnstone'

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Johnston & Rae

Details

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This is speculative on the part of LBS. No commercial affiliation beyond the East India Co. is shown for George Johnstone by either the History of Parliament or Emma Rothschild, Inner Lives of...