Sir John Raymond Johnstone (27 October 1929 – 15 August 2022) was a Scottish accountant, investment manager and public official. Born on 27 October 1929, Johnstone was the son of Captain Henry James Johnston, RN (1895–1947) and (Alison, ).Patrick Montague-Smith, ''

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'' (Debrett's Peerage, 2008), p. 521. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, and trained as an accountant in Edinburgh from 1951 to 1954, before working in London until 1959; he was made a partner of Brown Fleming and Murray in 1959, and then became managing director of the

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in 1968, serving until 1989. He was also Murray Johnstone's chairman from 1984 to 1994 and then its president until 1997. Alongside these positions, Johnstone was chairman of the Forestry Commission from 1989 to 1994 and of the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland from 1995 to 2000. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the

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and was

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for "public service in Scotland". Johnstone died in Edinburgh on 15 August 2022, at the age of 92.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnstone, Raymond 1929 births 2022 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Scottish accountants