William Johnstone

See separate entry for Elizabeth Scarth, sister of William Johnstone. William Johnstone was shown as the owner of Granton and Boisjency estates on Grenada who was advanced £10,000 by the British state to re-establish the estates in two instalments, £2000 28/11/1795 and £8000 04/04/1797. William Johnstone also appeared as the potential recipient of the estates of the bankrupt Francis Henderson in Grenada in 1800.

1. Will of William Johnstone of [Grenada at present at] the Percy Hotel Rathbone Place City of Westminster [made in 1816] proved 04/03/1836. He left all his real and personal estate in Grenada to his sister Elizabeth Scarth, widow of Capt. scratch, subject to legacies of £1000 to William Johnstone of Blackheath Hill Academy; £500 to Thomas Herbert of New Burlington Street; and £300 to Mrs Rowland Maltby. [Thomas Herbert and Rowland Maltby had been among the guarantors of William Johnstone's loan from the British state in 1795].

Journals of the House of Commons 55 (1799-1800) 424 (Eighteenth Parliament of Great Britain: fourth session (24 September 1799 - 29 July 1800)) Report On Mr. McDowall's Petition, &c. &c. p. 30; London Gazette 15296 23/09/1800 p. 1114.

1. PROB 11/1859/158.