George Vanden Bempde (earlier Johnstone) (29 May 1720 – 29 April 1792), 3rd Marquess of Annandale, succeeded
James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale
James Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell and 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c.1687–1730) was a Scottish politician who sat in the British House of Commons briefly in 1708 before being disqualified as eldest son of a Scottish peer.
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on his death in 1730 (but in practice from 1733), and enjoyed that title from then to his own death, whereupon the title became extinct.
His change of surname from Johnstone to Vanden Bempde was a condition of receiving an inheritance from John Vanden Bempde, and was confirmed by an Act of Parliament of 1744.
Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1744 (18 Geo. 2). c. 4
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See also
* Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
* Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet (21 September 1732 – 14 July 1807) was a British Member of Parliament.
Early life
Born Richard Johnstone he was the son of Colonel John Johnstone (d. 1741), second son of Sir William Johnston ...
* Johnstone Baronets of Westerhall
References
1720 births
1792 deaths
Marquesses of Annandale
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