George Johnstone (1764–1813)
George Johnstone (10 December 1764 – 20 November 1813)[1] was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1800 to 1813.
Johnstone was born in Pensacola, Florida. He was one of four illegitimate sons of George Johnstone, then a captain in the Royal Navy, later an admiral. His mother was Martha Ford.[2]
He was elected at a by-election in 1800 as Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Aldeburgh.[3] The following year, he bought an estate in Wales and began canvassing the borough of Hedon in Yorkshire, and topped the poll at the 1802 general election.[2] He was re-elected 3 times, facing a contest only in 1807,[2] and held the seat until his death in 1813.[1]
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[edit]- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
- ^ a b c Stokes, Winifred; Thorne, R. G. (1986). R. Thorne (ed.). "JOHNSTONE, George (1764-1813), of Hanover Square, Mdx". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)
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