Sir John Allen Johnson-Walsh, 1st Baronet (bapt. 19 September 1744 – 16 December 1831) was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament.

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(Exeter 1906) He was born John Allen Johnson (also spelled Johnston), the eldest son of Allen Johnson, of

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, by his wife Olivia, only daughter of John Walsh, of Ballykilcavan in Queen's County. The second son was Henry Johnson, who was also created a Baronet in 1818. His father died on 30 July 1747, so, on the death of his grandfather Allen Johnson on 25 August following, Johnson succeeded to the family estates. On 24 February 1775, he was created a Baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland. He represented

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in the

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from 1784 to 1790 and was

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in 1792. In 1808 he succeeded his maternal uncle Raphael Walsh (

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) to the estate of Ballykilcavan, and adopted the additional surname of Walsh by Royal Licence of 9 May 1809. In 1783, he married Sackvilla (died 1841), first daughter of Edward Brereton, of Springmount in Queen's County, by his wife Frances, daughter of Philip Rawson. Their children included: * John Allen Johnson-Walsh, eldest son. High Sheriff of Queen's County in 1812; predeceased his father. * Sir Edward John Johnson-Walsh, 2nd Baronet. High Sheriff of Queen's County in 1825; died unmarried. * The Rev. Sir Hunt Henry Johnson-Walsh, 3rd Baronet. Vicar of

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; father of the fourth Baronet and grandfather of the fifth Baronet, on whose death the baronetcy became extinct. He died at his seat in Ballykilcavan, aged 87.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson-Walsh, John Allen 1744 births 1831 deaths Politicians from Dublin (city) Irish MPs 1783–1790 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Wicklow constituencies High Sheriffs of Queen's County Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland