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The first of the clan to be recorded was John Johnstone, whose son, Gilbert, is found in records after 1194. [3] Sir John Johnstone was a knight of the county of Dumfries . [ 3 ] He is found on the Ragman Rolls of 1296, swearing fealty to Edward I of England . [ 3 ]
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun; James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell; James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale; John Hope-Johnstone (1796–1876) John Hope-Johnstone (photographer) John Hope-Johnstone (1842–1912)
The Battle of Dryfe Sands was a Scottish clan battle that took place on 6 December 1593, near Lockerbie, Scotland.It was fought between the Clan Maxwell and Clan Johnstone after a hundred years of feuding between them.
The title therefore descended through the female line in the person of Lady Henrietta Johnstone (who married Charles the First Earl of Hopetoun) to Patrick Hope-Johnstone. The current earl holds the subsidiary title of Lord Johnstone (1662), in the peerage of Scotland. The family seat is Raehills, near Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
The Clan Moffat like most other Border clans were raiders and Border Reivers, and had many feuds with other clans. [4] Their most notable enemies was the powerful Clan Johnstone. [4] There are accusations that the Johnstones murdered Robert Moffat, who was possibly the clan chief, in 1557.
Lady Jane Douglas (c.1698–1753); a distant relative and family friend who helped Johnstone escape to France in 1746.. James Johnstone was born 25 July 1719, only son of Jeremy Boone Johnstone, an Edinburgh merchant; his mother was a distant relative of Lady Jane (or Jean) Douglas (c.1698–1753), later the centre of a famous inheritance case known as the Douglas Cause. [1]
The habitational surname Johnstone / Johnston is in most cases derived from the name of Johnstone located in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name John and tone or toun ("settlement" in Middle English; tun in Old English), literally meaning "John's town".
The unusual name derives from its use to hide stolen cattle by the Border Reivers of the Johnstone clan who were referred to by their enemies as "devils"; it is also called Marquis of Annandale's Beef-Tub (or Beef-Stand) after the Lord of Annandale, chief of the raiding "loons" (here meaning "lads", rather than "lunatics"); the name may also refer to the resemblance the valley bears to a tub ...
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