Authorised form of name | Johnston; Sir; Alexander (1775 - 1849) |
Dates | 1775 - 1849 |
Place of birth | England |
Date of birth | 25 April 1775 |
Place of death | London |
Date of death | 06 March 1849 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire |
Occupation | Barrister |
Activity | Education: Madras; Gottingen Career: Called to the Bar; Advocate General, Ceylon; Chief Justice, Ceylon (1805); returned to England (1809); went back to Ceylon and reorganised its government; returned to England (1819); Privy Councillor (1832) Honours: Kt 1809
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 22/11/1810 |
Relationships | Elder son of Samuel Johnston, brother to the Laird of Carnsalloch, and his wife Hester, daughter of Francis, Baron Napier; father of Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnston (FRS 1845) |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1849 No 74 pp 881-882 |
Code | NA2198 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
DM/1/21 | Letter from Alexander Johnston, 19 Great Cumberland Place | 10 March 1831 |
IM/002438 | Johnston, Sir Alexander | nd |
EC/1810/13 | Johnston, Sir Alexander: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |