Charles Collier Johnston, Baron Johnston of Rockport, TD (4 March 1915 – 30 April 2002) was a British

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politician and businessman. The son of Charles Moore Johnston and Muriel Florence Mellon was educated at

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and in

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. From 1948 to 1976 Johnston was managing director and 1951 to 1977 Chairman of Standex International Ltd. In 1980, he was official observer of the elections in

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. He was commissioned into the

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, reaching the rank of

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. Having been

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in 1973, he was created a

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as Baron Johnston of Rockport, of Caversham in the Royal County of

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on 30 March 1987. Johnston had married twice, Audrey Boyes in 1939 and Yvonne Shearman in 1981. He had two sons from his first wife.

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* 1915 births 2002 deaths Royal Artillery officers Knights Bachelor Johnston of Rockport People educated at Rockport School 20th-century British businesspeople 20th-century British Army personnel Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{UK-business-bio-1910s-stub