Sir Frederick Johnstone, 7th Baronet (1810–1841) was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1832 to 1835.[1] He was part of the Johnstone baronets family.
Life
[edit]The only son of Sir John Johnstone, 6th Baronet, he married in 1840 Lady Louisa Elizabeth Frederica Craven, only daughter of William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven. He died, after a fall from his horse, on 7 May 1841.[2]
Johnstone inherited from his father the Westerhall estate on Grenada, and was paid compensation for it under the Slave Compensation Act 1837.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ leighrayment.com Archived 10 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Anderson, William (1867). The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and Biographical History of the People of Scotland. A. Fullarton. p. 580.
- ^ "Sir Frederick George Johnstone 7th Bart., 1810 - 7th May 1841,Legacies of British Slavery". www.ucl.ac.uk.