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Johnstone is a surname. It is a variant of the similar surname Johnston which in most cases is a habitational surname derived from several places in Scotland.^[1]^[2]

Etymology edit

The habitational surname Johnstone / Johnston is in most cases derived from the name of Johnstone located in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name John and tone or toun ("settlement" in Middle English; tun in Old English), literally meaning "John's town". There are several similar place names in Scotland, including the city of Perth, which was once known as St. John's Toun. This and other similarly named locations may also be sources for the habitational surnames Johnstone / Johnston.^[2]

List of persons with the surname edit

17th century edit

James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (1602–1653)
James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c.1687–1730)
Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet (1697–1772), Scottish baronet and politician
Dr. John Johnstone (1661–1732), 32nd Mayor of New York City
William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (1664–1721), Scottish nobleman
Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet (1600s–1727), Scottish baronet and politician

18th century edit

Charles Johnstone (c. 1719–1800), Irish novelist
Chevalier de Johnstone (1719 – c. 1791), army officer
Edward Huggins Johnstone (1791–1850), Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
George Johnstone, 3rd Marquess of Annandale (1720–1792)
George Johnstone (1730–1787), British naval officer and Member of Parliament
George Johnstone (1764–1813), British politician
Sir James Johnstone, 4th Baronet (1726–1794)
James Johnstone (c. 1759–1823) British naval officer, acting lieutenant during George Vancouver's 1791–95 expedition
John Johnstone (1734–1795), Scottish nabob
Thomas Johnstone (1772–1839), sailor, smuggler and saboteur
William Johnstone (1729–1805), Scottish advocate, landowner and politician

19th century edit

Sir Alan Johnstone (1858–1932), British diplomat
Archie Johnstone (1896–1963), Scottish journalist who defected to the Soviet Union; husband of Nancy Johnstone
Banner Johnstone (1882–1964), British rower
Barbara Elizabeth Johnstone (1849–1928), English burlesque performer and opera bouffe soprano
Edward Grahame Johnstone (1899–1946), British World War I flying ace
Harcourt Johnstone (1895–1945), British Liberal Party politician
Henry James Johnstone (1835–1907), British portrait photographer and landscape painter in Australia
James Johnstone (1801–1888), Scottish Liberal Party politician
John Johnstone (1869–1953), Scottish footballer
Joseph Johnstone (1860–1931), Scottish Liberal politician
Justine Johnstone (1895–1982), American actress and pathologist
Lamar Johnstone (1882–1919), American actor and director
Ralph Johnstone (1886–1910), American aviator who died in an air crash
Susan Johnstone (1792–1850), British actress
William Johnstone (VC) (1823–1857), British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross

20th century edit

Alex Johnstone (1961–2016), Scottish politician
Alison Johnstone (born 1965), Scottish politician
Arthur H. Johnstone, South African scouting official
Anne Grahame Johnstone (1928–1998), illustrator
Anthony "Tony" Johnstone (born 1956), Zimbabwean professional golfer
Archibald Johnstone (1924–2014), Canadian businessman and retired Senator
Billy Johnstone, Australian rugby player
Bobby Johnstone (1929–2001), Scottish footballer
Brad Johnstone (born 1950), New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach
Bruce Johnstone (born 1943), American musician
Bruce Johnstone (1937–2022), South African Formula One race car driver
Campbell Johnstone (born 1980), All Black, New Zealand Rugby Player
Chris Johnstone (born 1960)
Colin Johnstone, (1921–1991) New Zealand rower
Davey Johnstone (born 1951), rock guitarist and vocalist
Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish footballer
Diana Johnstone (born 1934), American political writer
Dougie Johnstone (born 1969), Scottish footballer
Ed Johnstone (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
Edward Huggins Johnstone (1922–2013), American federal judge
Eve Johnstone, (born 1944) Scottish Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
Frederick Johnston (disambiguation)
Gavin Wildridge Johnstone (1941–1987), Australian ornithologist
Graeme Johnstone, Australian state coroner for Victoria
Gwyneth Johnstone (1915–2010), English landscape painter
Harry Johnstone, English footballer
James Johnstone (disambiguation)
Janet Johnstone (1928–1979), illustrator
Jay Johnstone (1946–2020), American baseball player
John Johnstone (baseball) (born 1968), former Major League Baseball player
Jude Johnstone, American singer-songwriter
Keith Johnstone (1933–2023), American drama instructor
Lance Johnstone (born 1973), American football player
Lew Johnstone (1916–1983), Australian politician
Mandy Johnstone (born 1972), Australian politician
Marty Johnstone (1951–1979), New Zealand drug trafficker
Nancy Johnstone (1906–1951), English writer and humanitarian, wife of Archie Johnstone
Nathan Johnstone (born 1990), Australian snowboarder
Parker Johnstone (born 1961), American race car driver
Paul Neil Milne Johnstone (1952–2004), British poet
Peter Johnstone (1922–1977), New Zealand rugby player
Peter Johnstone (born 1944), former governor of Anguilla)
Peter Tennant Johnstone (born 1948), British mathematician
Phil Johnstone, songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and record producer
Sam Johnstone (born 1993), English footballer
Sandy Johnstone (1916–2000), British Air Marshal
Travis Johnstone (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
Tyler Johnstone (born 1992), American football player
William Johnstone (1908–1996), American actor
William W. Johnstone (1938–2004), American author of novels about the Old West

Scottish clan edit

Clan Johnstone, a Scottish clan, whose chief has the noble title Earl of Annandale and Hartfell

People with a variant form of the surname edit

William Johnstone Milne (1892–1917), Canadian World War I soldier
William Johnstone Ritchie (1813 – 92), Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court
George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911), Irish physicist; introduced the term "electron"

Fictional people with the surname edit

Paul Johnstone, alter-ego of the anti-hero Shadowhawk

References edit

^ "Johnstone Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Johnston Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 May 2009.

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