Family/Spouse: Wynne (6th of Hilton) Johnston. Wynne (son of Robert (5th of Hilton) Johnston and Mary Fulton Home) died in 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Johnston, 7th of Hilton, later of Ripon

Johnston, whose father purchased the Hilton estate with naval prize money, entered the army 'at an early age' and served with 'considerable reputation' in seven actions against the French in India.1 In 1790, he stood unsuccessfully for Nottingham, where his regiment was quartered. The death of Henry Isherwood* in January 1797 created a vacancy at Windsor, where the King was anxious to preserve the peace of the borough by accommodating any acceptable candidate proposed by the late Member's supporters, and Johnston was brought forward when their first choice declined. Although neither the King nor Pitt was well disposed towards Johnston, of whom Pitt had 'no certain accounts and none that promise very favourably', and both would have preferred the dependable Lord Inchiquin*, it was the latter who stood down: Johnston was comfortably returned after a contest forced by a late freelance challenger.2

Johnston voted for the assessed taxes augmentation bill, 4 Jan. 1798, but opposed government on the delay in paying the increase in seamen's wages, 10 May 1797, and voted for inquiry into the Prince of Wales's financial claims, 31 Mar. 1802. It was probably he rather than George Johnstone* who divided in favour of inquiry into the Ferrol expedition, 19 Feb. 1801. He is not known to have spoken in the House. When a hectic canvass began at Windsor in November 1801, he announced his intention of seeking re-election, but he apparently took few pains to preserve his support and at the dissolution of 1802 was forced to withdraw. He solicited a seat from ministers, unsuccessfully, via Lord Melville, at the 1807 general election.3

Johnston, who in 1798 raised a regiment of fencible infantry for general service which was reduced at the peace of 1802, is said to have become insolvent and to have lived within the precincts of Holyrood Abbey. He died at The Hague, 13 Jan. 1844.

(Research):Deatils od this family conflict depending on sources

Family/Spouse: Catherine Home. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lt.-Col. Sir James Gardiner Baird, of Saughton Hall, 6th Baronet. James (son of Capt. Sir William Baird, of Saughton Hall, 5th Baronet, RN and Frances Gardiner) died on 23 Jun 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A British army captain

William married Lucy Dickson on 28 Mar 1809. Lucy died on 1 Mar 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Lucy Dickson on 28 Mar 1809. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married Lt.-Col. John Wauchope, of Edmonstone in 1815. John was born about 1780; died in Jun 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Volunteer Aide-de-Camp to HM Queen Victoria

James married Henrietta Mary Wauchope on 13 Mar 1845 in Edmonstone, Midlothian, Scotland. Henrietta (daughter of Lt.-Col. John Wauchope, of Edmonstone and Henrietta Warrander Cecilia Baird) was born on 3 Nov 1896; died on 3 Nov 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henrietta married Sir James Gardiner Baird, DL on 13 Mar 1845 in Edmonstone, Midlothian, Scotland. James (son of Capt. William Baird and Lucy Dickson, son of Capt. William Baird and Lucy Dickson) was born on 20 Aug 1813; died on 6 Jan 1896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Had issue.
He was Commissioner of Supply, Midlothian

William married Hon. Arabella Rose Evelyn Hozier on 3 Apr 1879. Arabella (daughter of 24 February 1825 William Wallace (1st Baron Newlands) Hozier, DL, JP and Frances Anne O'hara) died on 18 Jun 1916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Violet Mary Croft on 24 Nov 1910. Violet was born about 1877; died on 17 Oct 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Helen Mary Rich on 10 Oct 1946. Helen was born in 1928; died on 30 Nov 2015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roderick married Julia Mary Barry [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]