Great
grand
parents
Gen.=+5		 John   Johnston
1745-1828 orig. of Tobago & of Scarborough? Capt. 62nd Regiment Joined brother Hugh's business (Corn Merchant & Banker). Bought Danson Park, Kent from Sir John Boyd. Built c1766 for Sir John Boyd, is one of the finest Palladian Villas surviving in the south east. After a varied history, the house was near ruin by the 1950's. It was described by English heritage in 		  Edward   Smyth
1768-1864 Had a command in the Light Cavalry at the storming of Seringapatam, Mysore, India in 1799. He fought in the Peninsular War in Spain 1802-1812 and reached the rank of Captain. Commander of Macclesfield squadron of Cheshire Yeomanry. Mayor of Macclesfield in 1816 		                       
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
Anna   Smyth
1767-1860 		Sarah   Pickford
1783-1864 of the Pickfords Removals family. Had fourteen children, six of whom were alive in 1860's. 		           
Grand
parents
Gen.=+4		 Hugh   Johnston
b. 16 MAR 1800
d. 18 AUG 1872 of Danson Park 		m. Ann   Smyth
b. 1807
d. MAR 1886 After her husband died she lived at Hyde End, Brimpton, Berks with her son Edward. 		  m.     m.     m.  
Parents
Gen.=+3		 Rev. Hugh William (Hugo)   Johnston
b. 7 FEB 1837
d. 1 SEP 1918 .Rector of North Cray, Kent, Canon of Rochester 		m. Catherine Pauline (Kate)   Luxford
b. 29 JUL 1840
d. 27 MAY 1908 		  m.  
Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+2		 Hugh Arthur Charles 1869-1950
Katharine Margaret (Margie) 1870-1949
Marion Louisa (May) 1871-1931
Edward Harold (Tig) Johnston
b. 24 JAN 1876
d. 22 DEC 1959
Vicar of W. Lovington, Sussex
G2, ID=1723 		m.
Mary Dunbar (May) Harper-Smith
b. 14 JUN 1872
baptised 11.7.1872
G2, ID=1724
Children
Gen.=+1		 Barbara Pauline (Babs)
b. 8 APR 1908
d. 15 SEP 1982
m.
William Anthony Ball
b. 9 APR 1905
d. 18 OCT 1973 		Margaret Lorna (Bunty)
b. 9 MAR 1910
d. 7 FEB 1997
m.
Murray Gerald Pacey
b. 10 MAY 1907
d. 21 MAR 1990
Grand
children
Gen.=0		   Living Relative
Living Relative
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