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Alex Johnston (other)
Alexander Johnston may refer to: *Alexander Johnston (1775–1849), British colonial official and orientalist in Ceylon *Alexander Johnston (Scottish politician) (1790–1844) *Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871), Scottish geographer *Alexander Robert Johnston (1812–1888), British colonial official *Alexander Johnston (artist) (1816–1891), Scottish painter *Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879), Scottish geographer *Alexander Johnston (footballer) (1881–1917), Scottish footballer *Alexander Johnston (historian) (died 1889), American historian *Alexander Johnston (Canadian politician) (1867–1951), Canadian journalist, civil servant and politician *Alexander Johnston (Ontario politician), Canadian politician, Ontario MPP *Alexander Johnston (British Army officer) (1884–1952), Hampshire cricketer and army officer *Alexander Johnston (businessman) (1774–1864), Scottish mill owner * Alexander W. Johnston (died 1932), Member of the Legislative Council of Samoa * Alex Johns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (1775–1849)
Sir Alexander Johnston, Privy Council (United Kingdom), PC, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (died 6 March 1849), was a British colonial official who served as third Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Chief Justice of Ceylon and second Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon. He introduced a range of administrative reforms in Sri Lanka, introducing numerous liberal ideas and supporting the rights of natives. He was also an orientalist and along with Henry Thomas Colebrooke and others he was a founding member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Early life Johnston was born in Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire in Scotland to Samuel Johnston and Hester Napier, daughter of Francis Napier, 6th Lord Napier. Johnston moved with his family when his father obtained a posting in Madurai under George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Lord Macartney in the Madras Presidency in 1781. Alexander received his early education from Christian Friedrich Schwarz, the missionary as well as under Sir Thomas M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (Scottish Politician)
Alexander Johnston (1790 – 9 May 1844) was a Scottish Whig Party politician. He was elected at the 1841 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock Burghs, and held the seat until his death three years later, aged 53. References External links * 1790 births 1844 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 Scottish twins {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871)
Alexander Keith Johnston FRSE FRGS FGS FEGS LLD (died 9 July 1871) was a Scottish geographer and cartographer. Biography He was born at Kirkhill near Penicuik, south of Edinburgh. He was the son of Andrew Johnston and Isabel Keith. His brother was Thomas Brumby Johnston FRSE. After an education at the High School and the University of Edinburgh he was apprenticed to the Edinburgh engraver and mapmaker, James Kirkwood and William Home Lizars. In 1826, he joined his brother William (who would become Sir William Johnston, Lord Provost of Edinburgh) in a printing and engraving business, forming the well-known cartographical firm of W. and A. K. Johnston with offices based at 4 St Andrew Square in Edinburgh's New Town (demolished 2016) and their printworks based at Edina Works, off Easter Road. The firm used the clan motto of "Ready Aye Ready" as their logo. Early hikes in the West Highlands had led Johnston to despair at the accuracy of maps, and inspired a desire to rectif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Robert Johnston
Alexander Robert Johnston, FRS (formerly Campbell-Johnston, 14 June 1812 – 21 January 1888) was a British colonial official who served twice as Acting Administrator of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1842. He also served in the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hong Kong. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1845 for his work on the natural history of China. Early life Johnston was born on 14 June 1812 in Colombo, Ceylon,Keene, H. G.. "Johnston, Sir Alexander (1775–1849), rev. Roger T. Stearn". ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004 ed.). Oxford University Press. . Retrieved 26 May 2010. as the third son of Sir Alexander Johnston, who was Chief Justice of Ceylon.Endacott 2005, p. 55 He began his career in the Colonial Office as a writer in Mauritius in 1828, and shortly after became a clerk in the Colonial Secretary's department.Sargeaunt, William C.; Birth, Arthur N. (1862). The Colonial Office List for 1862'. London: Edward Stanford. p. 135. He remained in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (artist)
Alexander Johnston (1816 – 1891) was a Scottish painter, known for genre and history paintings. Life Born at Edinburgh, he was son of an architect, who placed him at the age of fifteen with a seal-engraver there. He was a student in the Trustees' Academy from 1831 to 1834, when he went to London with an introduction to David Wilkie (artist), Sir David Wilkie. He entered the schools of the Royal Academy under William Hilton (painter), William Hilton in 1836. Johnston died at 75 Carlingford Road, Hampstead, after a short illness, on 2 February 1891. His son, Douglas Johnston, a musician in Glasgow, predeceased him. Works While in Edinburgh Johnston took up portrait-painting, and he brought with him to London some portraits of John Morison (pastor), Dr. Morison's family, which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1836 and 1837. In 1838 he exhibited there his first subject picture, ''The Mother's Prayer'', and sent his ''Scotch Lovers'' to the Society of British Artists. In 183 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Keith Johnston (1844–1879)
Alexander Keith Johnston (24 November 184428 June 1879 in Tanzania) was a Scotland, Scottish List of explorers, explorer, cartographer and geographer. He was the son of published geographer Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871), Alexander Keith Johnston (1804–1871) and Mary Grey. From 1873 to 1875, he was geographer to a commission for the survey of Paraguay. He led a Royal Geographical Society expedition to Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika. After only six weeks of the expedition, Johnston died from malaria and dysentery in the village of Beho Beho in what is now the Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania . He was accompanied by the explorer, geologist and fellow Scot Joseph Thomson (explorer), Joseph Thomson who successfully completed the expedition. Several expeditions were conducted by Mike Shand(University of Glasgow) to find thgrave of Keith Johnstonat Behobeho between 2001 and 2004. The grave searches have been documented in a chapter of the book edited by Rolf Baldus and publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (footballer)
Alexander Brown Johnston (1881 – 17 August 1917) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Falkirk as an outside right. He was nicknamed 'Spinner'. Personal life Johnston worked for the Post Office for 20 years. He served as an acting bombardier in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War and was killed in action in West Flanders on 17 August 1917. He was buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, north of Ypres Ypres ( ; ; ; ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch name is the official one, the city's French name is most commonly used in English. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres/Ieper .... Career statistics References Scottish men's footballers 1917 deaths British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel killed in World War I 1881 births Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers Scottish Football League players Camelon Juniors F.C. pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (historian)
Alexander Johnston (died July 21, 1889) was an American historian. Biography He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, graduated from Rutgers College in 1870, and was admitted to the bar in 1875 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he taught in the Rutgers College Grammar School from 1876 to 1879. He was principal of the Latin school of Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1879–1883, and was professor of jurisprudence and political economy in the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) from 1884 until his death in Princeton, New Jersey in 1889. Works * ''A History of American Politics'' (1881) *''American Political History 1763-1876''* ''The Genesis of a New England State Connecticut'' (1883), in Johns Hopkins University Studies ''A History of the United States for Schools''(1886) * ''Connecticut'' (1887) in the American Commonwealths Series * the article on the history of the United States for the 9th edition of the ''Encyclopædia B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (Canadian Politician)
Alexander Johnston, CMG (April 24, 1867 – November 30, 1951) was a Canadian journalist, civil servant and politician. Born in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Johnston was educated at the Common Schools and St. Francis Xavier College, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He was the editor and proprietor of the ''Sydney Daily Record''. He was elected, in 1897, to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly but he resigned his seat in 1900 in order to contest the riding of Cape Breton for the House of Commons of Canada. A Liberal, he was successful and was re-elected in 1904. He was defeated in 1908. Johnston was Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries from 1910 to 1933. He led the Canadian delegation to London which participated in the development of international regulations for safety at sea following the sinking of . Johnston was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1935. He died in Ottawa Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (Ontario Politician)
Alexander Johnston was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He represented Middlesex West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1883 before he was unseated Unseating is a political term which refers to a legislator who loses their seat in an election. A legislator who is unseated loses the right to sit in a legislative chamber. A landslide victory results in many legislators being unseated. Austral ... on appeal. References See also * 5th Parliament of Ontario Place of birth missing Place of death missing Year of death unknown Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs People from Middlesex County, Ontario 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Ontario-MPP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (British Army Officer)
Alexander Colin Johnston (26 January 1884 – 27 December 1952) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army. Johnston graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst and entered into the Worcestershire Regiment. Following a three years secondment to the Northern Nigeria Regiment, he returned to England and received a further secondment to the Army Signal Service. He served throughout the First World War with distinction, commanding the 10th Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment and later the 126th Infantry Brigade; the latter command made him the youngest general in the British Army. He was wounded several times during the war and received awards for gallantry, most notably the Distinguished Service Order with medal bar and the Military Cross. His military service continued after the war, albeit in a non-combat role due to his war injuries. Heavily involved in army education, Johnston retired in 1937, but came out of retirement during the Secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Johnston (businessman)
Alexander Johnston (31 December 1774 – 16 March 1864) was a Scottish mill owner and woollen manufacturer who founded the luxury woollen company Johnstons of Elgin in Elgin in 1797. Early life and career Alexander Johnston was born at Ardiffray Farm in the Parish of Cruden, near Aberdeen, on Hogmanay 1774. His father Thomas Johnston was a farmer, and his mother Barbara Johnston (nee Sangster) helped to supplement the family income through bleaching linen and spinning yarn.He was the youngest of six children, by some twenty years, with three older brothers having died in infancy and two surviving sisters. At the age of fourteen Johnston was apprenticed to a cousin in Aberdeen who ran a successful chemist shop, but this was short lived as the fumes from the chemicals made him ill. He was then apprenticed to another cousin in Newborough, but their business is not known. In 1789 Johnston travelled to London with an uncle who bought and sold yarn. It is estimated that Johnston ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
