George Johnstone (1764–1813)

British politician

For other people named George Johnstone, see George Johnstone (disambiguation).

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]

## See also[edit]

* Cannizaro Park

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
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.
3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 1)

## External links[edit]

* Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Johnstone

Parliament of Great Britain

Preceded by

Sir John Aubrey, Bt
Michael Angelo Taylor

|  Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
March 1800 – December 1800
With:  Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Succeeded by

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by

Parliament of Great Britain

|  Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh
1801–1802
With:  Sir John Aubrey, Bt | Succeeded by

Sir John Aubrey, Bt
John McMahon

Preceded by

Christopher Atkinson Saville
Lionel Darell

|  Member of Parliament for Hedon
1802–1813
With:  Christopher Atkinson Saville to 1806
Anthony Browne from 1806  | Succeeded by

Anthony Browne
John Broadhurst

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