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Silvia Lawson Johnston née Roigt (born 1940) is the
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of the first short term housing rental agency in London, England, where she has lived since 1959. The daughter of author,
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and Argentine
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Don Honorio Roigt, on moving to Great Britain she married the fine art dealer Arthur Charles St John Lawson Johnston, later Lord Luke.


Early and personal life

Silvia (née Roigt) was born in
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. In her early years she
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to the United States, where her father was working with the
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as a diplomat before his later work as the Argentinian
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to Yugoslavia and The Netherlands. She was educated at the International School of Geneva (Ecolint) and came to England in 1959 to be married to the Hon Arthur Charles St John Lawson Johnston. They had three children: Rachel, Ian James and Sophie.


Career

Silvia and Arthur divorced in 1970, after which Silvia entered the London residential property market as sales negotiator for Robert Bruce and partners. In 1980 she joined Brian D'Arcy-Clark and Owen Inskip, the founders of Chesterfields Estate Agents in
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. In 1984 Silvia co founded People and Property, a
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specializing in the field of
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. In 1990 she launched A Place Like Home, a letting agency offering international visitors to London the opportunity to short let properties in Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Chelsea and Kensington. Today in excess of forty thousand visitors have used A Place Like Home's services.


See also

* Arthur Lawson Johnston


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Silvia Lawson 1940 births Living people Businesspeople from Buenos Aires British estate agents (people) International School of Geneva alumni Argentine emigrants to the United States American expatriates in the United Kingdom
Silvia Silvia () is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, ''Silva'', and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of ...