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Andrew Johnston ( – 24 August 1862)
was an abolitionist and Whig politician in Scotland. His wife was Priscilla Buxton.
retrieved 25 June 2017
/ref> They were parents of MP Andrew Johnston and grandfather of designer Edward Johnston (the son of his younger son Fowell Buxton Johnston).
Andrew Johnston ( – 24 August 1862)
was an abolitionist and Whig politician in Scotland. His wife was Priscilla Buxton.
Life
Johnston was elected in 1831 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Anstruther District of Burghs, and when that constituency was abolished by theReform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 (also known as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act) was an Act of Parliament, Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced major chan ...
he was elected at the 1832 general election for the new St Andrews District of Burghs.
He held that seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1837 general election.
He married Priscilla Buxton, the daughter of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bt and they had two sons and four daughters.Clare Midgley, 'Buxton, Priscilla (1808–1852)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 201retrieved 25 June 2017
/ref> They were parents of MP Andrew Johnston and grandfather of designer Edward Johnston (the son of his younger son Fowell Buxton Johnston).
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* 1790s births 1862 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub