BARONETAGE
Last updated 20/11/2018 (25 Aug 2024)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
JACKSON of Hickleton, Yorks
31 Dec 1660	E	1	John Jackson	c 1631	c 1670
c 1670		2	John Jackson	15 Mar 1653	6 Feb 1680	26
6 Feb 1680 to     c 1730		3	Bradwardine Jackson Extinct on his death	c 1670	c 1730
JACKSON of Fort Hill, Armagh
21 Apr 1813 to     1846	UK	1	George Jackson MP [I] for Coleraine 1789‑1796 and Randalstown 1798‑1800 Extinct on his death	1770	1846	76
JACKSON of Arlsey, Beds
22 May 1815	UK	1	John Jackson MP for Dover 1806‑1820	30 Dec 1763	17 May 1820	56
17 May 1820		2	Keith Alexander Jackson	8 Jan 1798	21 Aug 1843	45
21 Aug 1843		3	Mountstuart Goodricke Jackson	6 Jan 1836	16 Nov 1857	21
16 Nov 1857		4	Keith George Jackson	2 Aug 1842	3 Sep 1916	74
3 Sep 1916		5	Robert Montresor Jackson	11 Mar 1876	4 Dec 1940	64
4 Dec 1940		6	John Montresor Jackson	14 Oct 1914	31 May 1980	65
31 May 1980		7	Robert Jackson	16 Mar 1910	17 Apr 2000	90
17 Apr 2000		8	Keith Arnold Jackson	24 Apr 1921
JACKSON of Birkenhead, Lancs
4 Nov 1869	UK	1	William Jackson MP for Newcastle under Lyme 1847‑1865 and Derbyshire North 1865‑1868	28 Apr 1805	31 Jan 1876	70
31 Jan 1876		2	Henry Mather Jackson MP for Coventry 1867‑1868 and 1874‑1881	23 Jul 1831	8 Mar 1881	49
8 Mar 1881		3	Henry Mather Jackson (Mather‑Jackson from 1886) Lord Lieutenant Monmouth 1933‑1942	19 Oct 1855	23 Mar 1942	86
23 Mar 1942		4	Edward Arthur Mather‑Jackson	8 Jan 1899	8 Nov 1956	57
8 Nov 1956		5	George Christopher Mather Mather‑Jackson	12 Mar 1896	19 Nov 1976	80
19 Nov 1976		6	Anthony Henry Mather Mather‑Jackson	9 Nov 1899	11 Oct 1983	83
11 Oct 1983		7	William Mather Jackson	18 Sep 1902	19 Jan 1985	82
19 Jan 1985		8	William Thomas Jackson	12 Oct 1927	13 Mar 2004	76
13 Mar 2004		9	William Roland Cedric Jackson	9 Jan 1954
JACKSON of Stansted House, Essex
4 Aug 1902	UK	1	Sir Thomas Jackson	4 Jun 1841	21 Dec 1915	74
21 Dec 1915		2	Thomas Dare Jackson	14 Jun 1876	7 Feb 1954	77
7 Feb 1954		3	George Julius Jackson	4 Jun 1883	21 Feb 1956	72
21 Feb 1956		4	Walter David Russell Jackson	8 Mar 1890	15 Dec 1956	66
15 Dec 1956		5	Michael Roland Jackson	20 Apr 1919	29 Dec 2016	97
29 Dec 2016		6	Thomas St. Felix Jackson	27 Sep 1946
JACKSON of Eagle House, Wimbledon, Surrey
10 Feb 1913	UK	1	Thomas Graham Jackson	21 Dec 1835	7 Nov 1924	88
7 Nov 1924		2	Hugh Nicholas Jackson	21 Jan 1881	1 Nov 1979	98
1 Nov 1979		3	Nicholas Fane St. George Jackson	4 Sep 1934
JACKSON of Wandsworth, Surrey
4 Jul 1935 to     23 Feb 1937	UK	1	Sir Henry Jackson MP for Wandsworth Central 1924‑1929 and 1931‑1937 Extinct on his death	22 Aug 1875	23 Feb 1937	61
JACOB of Bromley, Middlesex
11 Jan 1665	E	1	John Jacob	c 1598	13 Mar 1666
Mar 1666		2	John Jacob	c 1633	1674
1674		3	John Jacob	c 1665	31 Mar 1740
31 Mar 1740 to     4 Nov 1790		4	Hildebrand Jacob Extinct on his death	c 1718	4 Nov 1790
JACQUES of Middlesex
2 Sep 1628 to     Jan 1661	E	1	John Jacques MP for Haslemere 1640 Extinct on his death	c 1599	15 Jan 1661
JAFFRAY of Skilts and Park Grove, Warwicks
8 Oct 1892	UK	1	John Jaffray	11 Oct 1818	4 Jan 1901	82
4 Jan 1901		2	William Jaffray	5 Jun 1852	27 Nov 1914	62
27 Nov 1914		3	John Henry Jaffray	9 Dec 1893	23 Apr 1916	22
23 Apr 1916		4	William Edmund Jaffray	29 Jul 1895	24 Oct 1953	58
24 Oct 1953		5	William Otho Jaffray	1 Nov 1951
JAFFRAY of Edgehill, Abderdeen
24 Jun 1931 to     23 Jul 1953	UK	1	Sir Thomas Jaffray Extinct on his death	11 Apr 1861	23 Jul 1953	92
JAMES of Creshall, Essex
28 Jun 1682	E	1	Cane James	c 1656	19 May 1736
19 May 1736 to     29 Sep 1741		2	John James Extinct on his death	c 1692	29 Sep 1741
JAMES of Eltham, Kent
27 Aug 1778	GB	1	William James MP for West Looe 1774‑1783	c 1721	16 Dec 1783
16 Dec 1783 to     16 Nov 1792		2	Edward William James Extinct on his death	c 1774	16 Nov 1792
JAMES of Langley Hall, Berks
28 Jul 1791	GB	1	Walter James James	8 Feb 1759	8 Oct 1829	70
8 Oct 1829		2	Walter Charles James He was subsequently created Baron Northbourne in 1884 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	3 Jun 1816	4 Feb 1893	76
JAMES of Dublin
19 Mar 1823	UK	1	John Kingston James	28 Apr 1784	28 Jan 1869	84
28 Jan 1869		2	John Kingston James	26 Feb 1815	23 May 1893	78
23 May 1893		3	John Kingston Fullarton James	1 Dec 1852	11 Feb 1933	80
11 Feb 1933		4	Gavin Fullarton James	1 Sep 1859	12 Oct 1937	78
12 Oct 1937		5	Edward Albert James	5 Sep 1862	6 Dec 1942	80
6 Dec 1942		6	Fullarton James	15 May 1864	19 Jul 1955	91
19 Jul 1955 to     1979		7	Gerard Bowes Kingston James Extinct on his death	4 Feb 1899	1979	80
JAMESON of Down Street, London
1 Feb 1911 to     26 Nov 1917	UK	1	Leander Starr Jameson Premier of the Cape Colony 1904‑1908; PC 1907 Extinct on his death For information on this baronet, and the famous "Jameson Raid", see the note at the foot of this page	9 Feb 1853	26 Nov 1917	64
JANSSEN of Wimbledon, Surrey
11 Mar 1715	GB	1	Sir Theodore Janssen [kt 1696] MP for Yarmouth (IOW) 1717‑1721	c 1654	22 Sep 1748
22 Sep 1748		2	Abraham Janssen MP for Dorchester 1720‑1722	c 1699	19 Feb 1765
19 Feb 1765		3	Henry Janssen		21 Feb 1766
21 Feb 1766 to     8 Apr 1777		4	Stephen Theodore Janssen MP for London 1747‑1754 Extinct on his death		8 Apr 1777
JARDINE of Applegirth, Dumfries
			For information on the legend of Spedlins Tower, former home of the Jardine family, see the note at the foot of this page
25 May 1672	NS	1	Alexander Jardine		c 1695
c 1695		2	Alexander Jardine		6 Feb 1699
6 Feb 1699		3	John Jardine	1683	1737	54
1737		4	Alexander Jardine	1712	Dec 1790	78
Dec 1790		5	William Jardine		17 Mar 1807
17 Mar 1807		6	Alexander Jardine		1821
1821		7	William Jardine	13 Feb 1800	9 Nov 1874	74
9 Nov 1874		8	Alexander Jardine	10 Feb 1829	14 Jan 1893	63
14 Jan 1893		9	William Jardine	11 Jun 1865	13 Dec 1915	50
13 Dec 1915		10	Alexander Jardine	1 Aug 1868	27 Mar 1942	73
27 Mar 1942		11	William Edward Jardine	15 Apr 1917	19 Apr 1986	68
19 Apr 1986		12	Alexander Maule Jardine	24 Aug 1947	6 Apr 2008	60
6 Apr 2008		13	William Murray Jardine	4 Jul 1984
JARDINE of Castle Milk, Dumfries
20 Jul 1885	UK		See "Buchanan-Jardine"
JARDINE of Godalming, Surrey
20 Jan 1916	UK	1	Sir John Jardine MP for Roxburghshire 1906‑1918	27 Sep 1844	26 Apr 1919	74
26 Apr 1919		2	John Eric Birdwood Jardine	30 Sep 1890	24 Mar 1924	33
24 Mar 1924		3	Colin Jardine	24 Sep 1892	24 Sep 1957	65
24 Sep 1957		4	Ian Liddell Jardine	13 Oct 1923	25 Nov 1982	59
25 Nov 1982		5	Andrew Colin Douglas Jardine	30 Nov 1955
JARDINE of Nottingham, Notts
22 May 1919	UK	1	Ernest Jardine MP for Somerset East 1910‑1918	23 Sep 1859	26 Apr 1947	87
26 Apr 1947 to     1 Aug 1965		2	John Jardine Extinct on his death	3 Oct 1884	1 Aug 1965	80
JARVIS of Hascombe, Surrey
24 Jan 1922	UK	1	Joseph John Jarvis MP for Guildford 1935‑1950	25 Mar 1876	3 Oct 1950	74
3 Oct 1950 to     21 Jan 1965		2	Arnold Adrian Jarvis Extinct on his death	25 Oct 1904	21 Jan 1965	60
JASON of Broad Somerford, Wilts
5 Sep 1661	E	1	Robert Jason		c 1675
c 1675		2	Robert Jason	27 Nov 1640	c 1687
c 1687		3	George Jason		c 1697
c 1697		4	Robert Jason		c 1723
c 1723		5	Warren Jason	c 1705	12 Nov 1728
12 Nov 1728 to     5 May 1738		6	Robert Jason Extinct on his death	c 1708	5 May 1738
JEBB of Trent Place, Essex
4 Sep 1778 to     2 Jul 1787	GB	1	Richard Jebb Extinct on his death	30 Oct 1729	2 Jul 1787	57
JEFFERSON of Thorganby Hall, Yorks
7 Jul 1958	UK		See "Dunnington-Jefferson"
JEFFREYS of Bulstrode, Bucks
17 Nov 1681	E	1	George Jeffreys He was subsequently created Baron Jeffreys of Wem in 1685 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1702	15 May 1648	18 Apr 1689	40
JEHANGHIR of Malabar Hill, Bombay, India
16 Jul 1908	UK	1	Cowasjee Jehanghir	8 Jun 1853	26 Jul 1934	81
26 Jul 1934		2	Cowasjee Jehanghir	16 Feb 1879	17 Oct 1962	83
17 Oct 1962		3	Hirji Jehanghir	1 Nov 1915	24 Feb 2000	84
24 Feb 2000		4	Cowasjee Jehanghir	23 Nov 1953
JEJEEBHOY of Bombay, India
6 Aug 1857	UK	1	Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	15 Jul 1783	14 Apr 1859	75
14 Apr 1859		2	Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	9 Oct 1811	11 Jul 1877	65
11 Jul 1877		3	Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	3 Mar 1851	16 Jul 1898	47
16 Jul 1898		4	Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	25 Nov 1852	17 Jun 1908	55
17 Jun 1908		5	Rustomjee Cowasjee Cursetjee Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	6 Mar 1878	6 Feb 1931	52
6 Feb 1931		6	Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	10 May 1909	24 Sep 1968	59
24 Sep 1968		7	Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	19 Apr 1913	10 Aug 2006	93
10 Aug 2006		8	Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy	16 Nov 1957
JENKINSON of Walcot, Oxon and Hawkesbury House Farm, Gloucs
18 May 1661	E	1	Robert Jenkinson MP for Oxfordshire 1654‑1655, 1656‑1658 and 1659	c 1621	30 Mar 1677
30 Mar 1677		2	Robert Jenkinson MP for Oxfordshire 1689‑1710	c 1654	30 Jan 1710
30 Jan 1710		3	Robert Jenkinson MP for Oxfordshire 1710‑1717	23 Nov 1685	29 Oct 1717	31
29 Oct 1717		4	Robert Bankes Jenkinson MP for Oxfordshire 1717‑1727	24 Jan 1687	2 Jul 1738	51
2 Jul 1738		5	Robert Jenkinson	13 Aug 1720	8 Aug 1766	45
8 Aug 1766		6	Banks Jenkinson	20 Nov 1721	22 Jul 1790	68
22 Jul 1790		7	Charles Jenkinson, later [1786] 1st Baron Hawkesbury and [1796] 1st Earl of Liverpool	26 Apr 1727	17 Dec 1808	81
17 Dec 1808		8	Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool	7 Jun 1770	4 Dec 1828	58
4 Dec 1828		9	Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool	29 May 1784	3 Oct 1851	67
3 Oct 1851		10	Charles Jenkinson MP for Dover 1806‑1818	23 Feb 1779	6 Mar 1855	76
6 Mar 1855		11	George Samuel Jenkinson MP for Wiltshire North 1868‑1880	27 Sep 1817	19 Jan 1892	74
19 Jan 1892		12	George Banks Jenkinson	10 May 1851	5 Jun 1915	64
5 Jun 1915		13	Anthony Banks Jenkinson	3 Jul 1912	15 Jan 1989	76
15 Jan 1989		14	John Banks Jenkinson	16 Feb 1945
JENKINSON of Walton, Derby
17 Dec 1685	E	1	Paul Jenkinson		1714
1714		2	Paul Jenkinson	14 Jan 1722
14 Jan 1722 to     28 Jun 1739		3	Jonathan Jenkinson Extinct on his death		28 Jun 1739
JENKS of Cheape, London
8 Oct 1932	UK	1	Sir Maurice Jenks	25 Nov 1872	19 May 1946	73
19 May 1946		2	Richard Atherley Jenks	26 Jul 1906	9 Nov 1993	87
9 Nov 1993		3	Maurice Arthur Brian Jenks	28 Oct 1933	2 Oct 2004	70
2 Oct 2004		4	Richard John Peter Jenks	28 Jun 1936
JENNER of Harley Street, London
25 Feb 1868	UK	1	Sir William Jenner	30 Jan 1815	11 Dec 1898	83
11 Dec 1898		2	Walter Kentish Williams Jenner	12 Oct 1860	12 Oct 1948	88
12 Oct 1948 to     4 Nov 1954		3	Albert Victor Jenner Extinct on his death	19 Dec 1862	4 Nov 1954	91
JENOURE of Much Dunmow, Essex
30 Jul 1628	E	1	Kenelm Jenoure		1629
1629		2	Andrew Jenoure		c 1692
c 1692		3	Maynard Jenoure	c 1667	c 1710
c 1710		4	John Jenoure		28 Apr 1739
28 Apr 1739		5	Richard Day Jenoure	c 1718	23 Mar 1744
23 Mar 1744 to     15 Aug 1755		6	John Jenoure Extinct on his death		15 Aug 1755
JEPHCOTT of East Portlemouth, Devon
14 Feb 1962	UK	1	Sir Harry Jephcott	15 Jan 1891	29 May 1978	87
29 May 1978		2	John Anthony Jephcott	21 May 1924	7 Aug 2003	79
7 Aug 2003		3	Neil Welbourn Jephcott	3 Jun 1929	12 Aug 2012	83
12 Aug 2012		4	David Welbourn Jephcott	9 Aug 1952
JEPHSON of Spring Vale, Dorset
1 Jun 1815	UK	1	Richard Mounteney Jephson MP [I] for Charlemont 1794‑1798	1 May 1765	17 Oct 1824	59
17 Oct 1824		2	Richard Mounteney Jephson		29 Jun 1870
29 Jun 1870		3	James Saumerez Jephson	1802	17 Nov 1884	82
17 Nov 1884 to     19 Jun 1900		4	Stanhope William Jephson Extinct on his death	17 Mar 1810	19 Jun 1900	90
JEPHSON-NORREYS of Mallow, Cork
6 Aug 1838 to     10 Jul 1888	UK	1	Charles Denham Orlando Jephson‑Norreys MP for Mallow 1826‑1832 and 1835‑1859 Extinct on his death	1 Dec 1799	10 Jul 1888	88
JERMY of Bayfield, Norfolk
Nov 1663 to     1677	E	1	Robert Jermy Nothing further is known of this baronetcy. According to the website http://jermy.org/valdar.html "In 1663, certified by leading gentry to be of ancient extraction and excellent estate, he was recommended for a baronetcy but it was never actually conferred upon him."	1600	1677	77
JERNINGHAM of Cossey, Norfolk
16 Aug 1621	E	1	Henry Jerningham		1 Sep 1646
1 Sep 1646		2	Henry Jerningham	c 1620	6 Oct 1680
6 Oct 1680		3	Francis Jerningham	c 1650	26 Aug 1730
26 Aug 1730		4	John Jerningham	6 Sep 1678	14 Jun 1737	58
14 Jun 1737		5	George Jerningham	2 Jun 1680	21 Jan 1774	93
21 Jan 1774		6	William Jerningham	7 Mar 1736	14 Aug 1809	73
14 Aug 1809		7	George William Stafford‑Jerningham, later [1824] 8th Baron Stafford	27 Apr 1771	4 Oct 1851	80
4 Oct 1851		8	Henry Valentine Stafford‑Jerningham, 9th Baron Stafford	2 Jan 1802	30 Nov 1884	82
30 Nov 1884		9	Augustus Frederick Fitzherbert Stafford‑Jerningham, 10th Baron Stafford	28 Jun 1830	16 Apr 1892	61
16 Apr 1892		10	Fitzherbert Stafford-Jerningham, 11th Baron Stafford	17 Jul 1833	12 Jun 1913	79
12 Jun 1913 to     20 Dec 1935		11	Henry William Stafford Jerningham Extinct on his death	28 Nov 1867	20 Dec 1935	68
JERVIS-WHITE-JERVIS of Bally Ellis, Waterford
6 Dec 1797	I	1	John Jervis-White-Jervis	10 Jun 1765	24 Oct 1830	65
24 Oct 1830		2	Henry Meredyth Jervis-White-Jervis	20 Nov 1793	17 Mar 1869	75
17 Mar 1869		3	Humphrey Charles Jervis-White-Jervis	1 Jan 1821	23 Jul 1887	66
23 Jul 1887		4	John Henry Jervis-White-Jervis	4 Jul 1857	18 Jan 1943	85
18 Jan 1943 to     18 Sep 1947		5	Henry Felix Jervis-White-Jervis Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	1859	18 Sep 1947	88
JERVOISE of Idsworth, Hants
13 Nov 1813	UK		See "Clarke-Jervoise"
JESSEL of Ladham House, Kent
25 May 1883	UK	1	Charles James Jessel	11 May 1860	15 Jul 1928	68
15 Jul 1928		2	George Jessel	28 May 1891	18 Aug 1977	86
18 Aug 1977		3	Charles John Jessel	29 Dec 1924	1 Apr 2022	97
1 Apr 2022		4	George Elphinstone Jessel	15 Dec 1957
JESSEL of Westminster, London
30 Jun 1917	UK	1	Herbert Merton Jessel He was subsequently created Baron Jessel in 1924 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1990	27 Oct 1866	1 Nov 1950	84
JOCELYN of Hyde Hall, Herts
8 Jun 1665	E	1	Robert Jocelyn	14 Jan 1623	12 Jun 1712	89
Jun 1712		2	Strange Jocelyn	c 1651	3 Sep 1734
3 Sep 1734		3	John Jocelyn	4 Oct 1689	1 Nov 1741	52
1 Nov 1741		4	Conyers Jocelyn	19 Jul 1703	24 May 1778	74
24 May 1778		5	Robert Jocelyn He had previously been created Earl of Roden in 1771 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	31 Jul 1731	22 Jun 1797	65
JODRELL of Sall Park, Norfolk
22 Jan 1784	GB	1	John Lombe For information on the special remainder included in this creation, see the note at the foot of this page	c 1731	27 May 1817
27 May 1817		2	Richard Paul Jodrell	26 Jun 1781	14 Jun 1861	79
14 Jun 1861		3	Edward Repps Jodrell	20 Jun 1825	12 Nov 1882	57
12 Nov 1882 to     15 Mar 1929		4	Alfred Jodrell Extinct on his death	13 Aug 1847	15 Mar 1929	81
JOHNSON of New York
27 Nov 1755	GB	1	William Johnson For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	1715	11 Jul 1774	59
11 Jul 1774		2	John Johnson	1742	4 Jan 1830	87
4 Jan 1830		3	Adam Gordon Johnson	5 May 1781	21 May 1843	62
21 May 1843		4	William George Johnson	19 Dec 1830	26 Jan 1908	77
26 Jan 1908		5	Edward Gordon Johnson	17 Mar 1867	15 Apr 1957	90
15 Apr 1957		6	John Paley Johnson	12 Jun 1907	14 Dec 1975	68
14 Dec 1975		7	Peter Colpoys Paley Johnson	26 Mar 1930	24 May 2003	73
24 May 2003		8	Colpoys Guy Johnson	13 Nov 1965
JOHNSON of Bath, Gloucs
1 Dec 1818	UK	1	Henry Johnson	1 Jan 1748	18 Mar 1835	87
18 Mar 1835		2	Henry Allen Johnson	26 Sep 1785	27 Jun 1860	74
27 Jun 1860		3	Henry Franks Frederic Johnson	5 Feb 1819	20 Jun 1883	64
20 Jun 1883		4	Henry Allen William Johnson	9 Oct 1855	10 Apr 1944	88
10 Apr 1944		5	Henry Allen Beaumont Johnson	3 Jan 1887	24 Jul 1965	78
24 Jul 1965		6	Victor Philipse Hill Johnson	7 May 1905	5 Dec 1986	81
5 Dec 1986		7	Robin Eliot Johnson	1929	Jul 1989	60
Jul 1989		8	Patrick Eliot Johnson	1955
JOHNSON of Dublin
24 Nov 1909 to     9 Dec 1918	UK	1	William Moore Johnson MP for Mallow 1880‑1883; Solicitor General [I] 1880‑1881; Attorney General [I] 1881‑1883; PC [I] 1881 Extinct on his death	1828	9 Dec 1918	90
JOHNSON-FERGUSON of Springkell, Dumfries, and Kenyon and Wiston, Lanark
18 Jul 1906	UK	1	Jabez Edward Johnson‑Ferguson MP for Loughborough 1885‑1886 and 1892‑1900	27 Nov 1849	10 Dec 1929	80
10 Dec 1929		2	Edward Alexander James Johnson‑Ferguson	3 Mar 1875	27 Dec 1953	78
27 Dec 1953		3	Neil Edward Johnson-Ferguson	2 May 1905	18 Jun 1992	87
18 Jun 1992		4	Ian Edward Johnson-Ferguson	1 Feb 1932	6 Dec 2015	83
6 Dec 2015		5	Mark Edward Johnson-Ferguson	14 Aug 1965
JOHNSON-WALSH of Dublin
24 Feb 1775	I	1	John Allen Johnson (Johnson-Walsh from 9 May 1809) MP [I] for Baltinglass 1784‑1790	19 Sep 1744	Dec 1831	87
Dec 1831		2	Edward John Johnson-Walsh	c 1785	6 Dec 1848
6 Dec 1848		3	Hunt Henry Johnson-Walsh	1787	9 Sep 1865	78
9 Sep 1865		4	John Allen Johnson-Walsh	24 Apr 1829	3 May 1893	64
3 May 1893 to     3 Sep 1953		5	Hunt Henry Allen Johnson-Walsh Extinct on his death	18 Jan 1864	3 Sep 1953	89
JOHNSTON of Caskieben, Aberdeen
31 Mar 1626	NS	1	George Johnston		c 1650
c 1650		2	George Johnston		c 1680
c 1680		3	John Johnston For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	c 1648	23 Dec 1690
23 Dec 1690		4	John Johnston		Nov 1724
Nov 1724		5	William Johnston	c 1675	18 Mar 1750
18 Mar 1750		6	William Johnston	Nov 1714	19 Mar 1794	79
19 Mar 1794		7	William Johnston MP for Windsor 1797‑1802	Aug 1760	13 Jan 1844	83
13 Jan 1844		8	William Bacon Johnston	17 Mar 1806	3 Aug 1865	59
3 Aug 1865		9	William Johnston	31 Jul 1849	22 Nov 1917	68
22 Nov 1917		10	George Johnston	21 Apr 1849	11 May 1921	72
11 May 1921		11	Thomas Alexander Johnston For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	15 Dec 1857	20 Dec 1950	93
20 Dec 1950		12	Thomas Alexander Johnston	3 May 1888	12 Apr 1959	70
12 Apr 1959		13	Thomas Alexander Johnston	7 Sep 1916	1985	68
1985		14	Thomas Alexander Johnston	1 Feb 1956
JOHNSTON of Elphinston, Haddington
18 Oct 1628	NS	1	Samuel Johnston	c 1600	c 1644
c 1644		2	John Johnston		c 1666
c 1666 to     c 1700		3	James Johnston Nothing further is known of this baronetcy		c 1700
JOHNSTON of Gilford, Down
27 Jul 1772	I	1	Richard Johnston MP [I] for Kilbeggan 1776‑1783 and Blessington 1783‑1796	1 Aug 1743	22 Apr 1795	51
22 Apr 1795 to     8 Feb 1841		2	William Johnston Extinct on his death	18 Jul 1765	8 Feb 1841	75
JOHNSTON of London
22 Jan 1916 to     10 Apr 1933	UK	1	Sir Charles Johnston Extinct on his death	3 May 1848	10 Apr 1933	84
JOHNSTONE of Westerhall, Dumfries
25 Apr 1700	NS	1	John Johnstone MP for Scotland 1707‑1708		30 Sep 1711
30 Sep 1711		2	William Johnstone MP for Dumfries Burghs 1708‑1710 and Dumfriesshire 1713‑1722		8 Oct 1727
8 Oct 1727		3	James Johnstone MP for Dumfries Burghs 1743‑1754		10 Dec 1772
10 Dec 1772		4	James Johnstone MP for Dumfries Burghs 1784‑1790 and Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1791‑1794	23 Jan 1726	3 Sep 1794	68
3 Sep 1794		5	William Pulteney MP for Cromartyshire 1768‑1774 and Shrewsbury 1775‑1805	19 Oct 1729	30 May 1805	75
30 May 1805		6	John Lowther Johnstone MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1810‑1811	c 1783	24 Dec 1811
24 Dec 1811		7	Frederick George Johnstone MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1832‑1835	Dec 1810	7 May 1841	30
5 Aug 1841		8	Frederick John William Johnstone MP for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1874‑1885	5 Aug 1841	20 Jun 1913	71
20 Jun 1913		9	George Fredric Thomas Tankerville Johnstone	1 Aug 1876	9 Jan 1952	75
9 Jan 1952		10	Frederic Allan George Johnstone	23 Feb 1906	19 Jul 1994	88
19 Jul 1994		11	George Richard Douglas Johnstone	21 Aug 1948
JOHNSTONE of Hackness, Yorks
6 Jul 1795	GB		See "Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone"
JOICEY of Longhirst and Ulgham, Northumberland
3 Jul 1893	UK	1	James Joicey He was subsequently created Baron Joicey in 1906 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	4 Apr 1846	21 Nov 1936	90
JOLLIFFE of Merstham, Surrey
20 Aug 1821	UK	1	William George Hylton Jolliffe He was subsequently created Baron Hylton of Hylton in 1866 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	7 Dec 1800	1 Jun 1876	75
JONES of Albemarlis, Carmarthen
25 Jul 1643 to     c May 1644	E	1	Henry Jones Extinct on his death		c May 1644
JONES of Ramsbury, Wilts
27 May 1774 to     3 May 1791	GB	1	William Jones Extinct on his death	c 1737	3 May 1791
JONES of Stanley Hall, Salop
3 Oct 1808	UK		See "Tyrwhitt"
JONES of Cranmer Hall, Norfolk
30 Sep 1831	UK		See "Lawrence-Jones"
JONES of Rottingdean, Sussex
4 May 1894	UK		See "Burne-Jones"
JONES of Bron Menai, Anglesey
15 Jul 1910	UK		See "Prichard-Jones"
JONES of St Mary's Court, Salop
4 Jul 1911	UK		See "Bowen-Jones"
JONES of Pentower, Pembroke
9 Jul 1917	UK	1	Evan Davies Jones MP for Pembrokeshire 1918‑1922; Lord Lieutenant Pembroke 1932‑1944	18 Apr 1859	20 Apr 1949	90
20 Apr 1949 to     29 May 1952		2	Tom Barry Jones Extinct on his death	1 Oct 1888	29 May 1952	63
JONES of Dolerw, Montgomery
4 Jul 1918	UK		See "Pryce-Jones"
JONES of Treeton, Yorks
23 May 1919	UK	1	Frederick John Jones	1854	23 May 1936	81
23 May 1936		2	Walter Benton Jones	26 Sep 1880	5 Dec 1967	87
5 Dec 1967		3	Peter Fawcett Benton Jones	9 Jan 1911	11 Nov 1972	61
11 Nov 1972		4	Simon Warley Frederick Benton Jones	11 Sep 1941	28 Dec 2016	75
28 Dec 2016		5	James Peter Martin Benton Jones	1 Jan 1973
JONES of Rhyll, Flint
28 Jan 1926	UK		See "Probyn-Jones"
JONES-BRYDGES of Boultibrook, Hereford
9 Oct 1807	UK	1	Harford Jones-Brydges PC 1835	12 Jan 1764	19 Mar 1847	83
19 Mar 1847 to     11 Jun 1891		2	Harford James Jones-Brydges Extinct on his death	30 May 1808	11 Jun 1891	83
JONES-PARRY of Madryn Castle, Carnarvon
30 Aug 1886 to     18 Dec 1891	UK	1	Thomas Duncombe Love Jones‑Parry MP for Caernarvonshire 1868‑1874 and Caernarvon Boroughs 1882‑1886 Extinct on his death	5 Jan 1832	18 Dec 1891	59
JOPSON of Osberton, Notts
19 Dec 1635	NS		See "Bolles"
JOSEPH of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs
8 Jul 1942 to     8 Feb 1951	UK	1	Sir Francis L'Estrange Joseph Extinct on his death	31 Jul 1870	8 Feb 1951	80
JOSEPH of Portsoken, London
16 Nov 1943	UK	1	Sir Samuel George Joseph	15 Aug 1888	4 Oct 1944	56
4 Oct 1944		2	Keith Sinjohn Joseph, later [1987] Baron Joseph [L]	17 Jan 1918	10 Dec 1994	76
10 Dec 1994		3	James Samuel Joseph	27 Jan 1955
JOYNSON-HICKS of Holmsbury, Surrey
20 Sep 1919	UK	1	William Joynson-Hicks, later [1929] 1st Viscount Brentford	23 Jun 1865	8 Jun 1932	66
8 Jun 1932		2	Richard Cecil Joynson-Hicks, 2nd Viscount Brentford	15 Nov 1896	27 Jun 1958	61
27 Jun 1958		3	Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford He was created a baronet 20 Jan 1956 (see below)	10 Apr 1902	25 Feb 1983	80
25 Feb 1983		4	Crispin William Joynson-Hicks, 4th Viscount Brentford	7 Apr 1933
JOYNSON-HICKS of Newick, Sussex
20 Jan 1956	UK	1	Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks He succeeded as 3rd Viscount Brentford in 1958 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	10 Apr 1902	25 Feb 1983	80
JUCKES-CLIFTON of Clifton, Notts
22 May 1611	E		See "Clifton"
JUDKIN-FITZGERALD of Lisheen, Tipperary
5 Aug 1801	UK	1	Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald	5 May 1754	24 Sep 1810	56
24 Sep 1810		2	John Judkin-Fitzgerald	27 Aug 1787	28 Feb 1860	72
28 Feb 1860		3	Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald For further information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	22 Jul 1820	27 Apr 1864	43
27 Apr 1864 to     1917		4	Joseph Capel Judkin-Fitzgerald Extinct or dormant on his death	9 Aug 1853	1917	63
JUXON of Albourne, Sussex
28 Dec 1660	E	1	William Juxon	1637	11 Sep 1719	82
Sep 1719 to     3 Feb 1740		2	William Juxon Extinct on his death	8 Jun 1660	3 Feb 1740	79

	Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st and only baronet
	The following biography of Jameson appeared in the Australian monthly magazine Parade in its issue for September 1953:-
	Just before noon on January 2, 1896, a haggard little man with the stamp of the born leader, peered through field glasses from the window of a ruined farmhouse not far from the seething gold-mine town of Johannesburg. From the crest of the hill above the farm a cloud of white dust was rising into the clear African sky. Through the dust Boer troops could be seen dragging field guns into position. The man turned to the desperate, half-starved group behind him and said bluntly: "We're done." Thus ended one of the most gallant lost causes in British history.
	The tough little man was Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, an Edinburgh medico, whose historic raid into the Transvaal to emancipate British miners from harsh Boer dominance ended in surrender at the tumbledown farmhouse on the veldt. The British sent him to gaol for his "enterprise". They vindicated him three years later when they had to throw all the national might into a costly full-scale war to achieve the same end.
	Leander Starr Jameson was born in Edinburgh on February 9, 1853, youngest of 10 sons of a Scottish solicitor. He took his medical degree in London in 1877, but his health was broken by overwork, and in the following year he went to South Africa to set up practice in Kimberley, then a roaring frontier mining town in the heart of the world's richest diamond field. Cecil Rhodes, Barney Barnato, Alfred Beit and other pioneers were scrambling ruthlessly to amalgamate the small mining companies into a handful of huge monopolies. East of the diamond fields were the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and Transvaal, where, 50 years earlier, the descendants of the old Dutch settlers had trekked from the Cape to escape British rule. Here the patriarchal, bearded Boer farmers lived in primitive communities, reading their Bibles and flogging their Kaffirs with equal heartiness. Northwards from Kimberley stretched 1000 miles of rolling grasslands, sparsely inhabited by warlike Bantu tribes. Most powerful were the Matabele, who, under their cruel but able chief Lobengula, held what is now Rhodesia [Zimbabwe] in a grip of bloodshed and terror.
	The scene fired Jameson's imagination. He became one of Cecil Rhodes' "Twelve Apostles", who met at Rhodes' house to weave grandiose plans for a new British empire stretching from the Cape, through Central Africa to Cairo and the Mediterranean. They were rudely jolted in 1887 when Portugal claimed all the land between East-Coast Mozambique and Portuguese West Africa. Britain rejected the claim, but Rhodes saw the red light. If Portugal persisted, she would effectively bar his drive north from the Cape to Cairo. The key was possession of Lobengula's Matabele territory.
	Portuguese, German and Belgian colonists were already angling for Lobengula's friendship. They loaded him with presents of rifles, top hats, bath chairs, and champagne. They were somewhat grieved when, after cheerfully accepting the presents. Lobengula still encouraged his warriors to stab to death all Europeans who tried to settle in his territory.
	In October, 1888, Dr. Jameson offered to go to Lobengula's great kraal at Bulawayo in his professional capacity. He had heard that the black emperor was suffering from gout. The plan succeeded. Lobengula celebrated his return to health by ceremonially slaughtering all the witch doctors whose magic had failed. He then made Jameson Induna (chief) of his favourite regiment, investing him with ox-hide shield, ostrich plume head-dress and two assegais at a barbaric ceremony highlighted by wild dancing and the slaughter of oxen. He readily agreed to negotiate a treaty.
	Lobengula could not read English. The interpreter, it was subsequently claimed, was bribed to misinterpret. It is generally conceded that Lobengula had no idea that he was signing away "all the metals and minerals" in his vast territory for £100 a month and a supply of rifles and ammunition.
	Rhodes was delighted with Jameson's coup. He immediately formed the British South Africa Company under royal charter to exploit his new "empire". The exultant Jameson threw up his practice and rode across Matabeleland with the first 200 pioneer settlers to establish a British settlement and fort at Salisbury.
	In 1891 Jameson was on the move again. This time he pushed into wild country on the borders of Portuguese Mozambique, seeking more concessions for the insatiable Rhodes. His party was ambushed and almost wiped out by natives on the jungle-clad banks of the Pungwe River. Jameson and a few others escaped almost naked and rowed themselves down river to the hostile Portuguese port of Beira. Blistered by the sun, weak and delirious from fever, they were thrown into prison by the Portuguese governor, who regarded them as alien filibusters. After a while he released them and sent them back to Capetown. Portugal lodged a strong protest with the British Government, which, as usual, disowned the expedition. Jameson, however, had blazed the trail. Soon all the territory now known as Mashonaland was in British hands.
	The Matabele concessions cost the British South Africa Company nearly £250,000 in the first two years. Rhodes was aghast and feared bankruptcy. Again he was saved by Jameson. "Make me administrator," said the fiery little doctor, "and I'll run the territory on £40,000 a year." He was as good as his word, despite the bloody rebellion of his "friend" Lobengula in 1893, which ended in the savage chief being driven from his kraal at Bulawayo to an unknown grave.
	Meanwhile trouble brewed between British settlers and the Boer Republic of the Transvaal, ruled despotically by fanatical President "Oom Paul" Kruger, who was determined to preserve the old pastoral life of the Boer farmers from the influence of the hated British. The discovery of gold on the Rand in 1886 shattered his narrow policy. Thousands of Europeans, mostly British, flocked to the booming mining centre of Johannesburg, which grew almost overnight from a shanty village to a town of 100,000 people.
	The "uitlanders", as Kruger called them, outnumbered the Boers by four to one. They paid nine‑tenths of the taxes, but were rigidly excluded from any share in the government. Discontent reached boiling point in 1895. British residents of Johannesburg, led by Col. Frank Rhodes (brother of Cecil Rhodes) and Lionel Phillips (qv) (President of the Chamber of Mines), established a National Union of Reformers, which plotted to seize the town and proclaim their independence from Kruger's government. Cecil Rhodes, now Premier of Cape Colony and chief of the biggest Rand mining company, sent the rebels arms, ammunition and money.
	The National Union smuggled into Johannesburg 2000 rifles, a dozen Maxim machine-guns, and 100,000 rounds of ammunition. They planned to throw the Boers out of Johannesburg, then march on Pretoria - the Transvaal capital - blow up the arsenal, arrest Kruger and form a provisional government. Kruger, who had spies among the rebels, replied by building a fort outside Johannesburg and concentrating 6000 Boer troops within a few miles of the town.
	Jameson, still administering the South Africa Company from Fort Salisbury, appealed to Rhodes to allow him to dash into the Transvaal with a body of the British South Africa Company's police as soon as the rising broke out. Rhodes agreed on the clear understanding that Jameson would not move till the Reform Union sent him a message appealing for help. In the meantime, cautious counsels were prevailing in Johannesburg. Sir Hercules Robinson, British High Commissioner at the Cape, was already on his way to Pretoria to act as mediator between the disgruntled British miners and the Boers.
	The impetuous Jameson raved at what he considered a lost opportunity. He had already collected 500 mounted men, eight Maxim guns and three field guns at Pitsani, near Mafeking, on the Transvaal border. Feverish with impatience, he sent frantic messages to Rhodes saying he was ready to "kick the Dutch burghers all round the Transvaal", but Rhodes cautiously advised him to wait. Kruger also was not anxious for a flare-up. When Boer army chiefs urged him to attack first, he pulled his beard and muttered: "The tortoise has to stick its head from its shell before you can chop it off."
	On Sunday, December 29, 1895, Jameson rashly decided to force the issue, firmly believing direct action would inspire the wavering rebels in Johannesburg. Wearing a light overcoat over his civilian clothes, he paraded his little force at Pitsani. Three hours later the invaders crossed the border. They met no opposition. Messages were sent from Johannesburg asking them to withdraw, but Jameson ignored them. On the third day the "invaders" reached Krugersdorp, 30 miles from Johannesburg. Jameson sent a message to the city urging the rebels to send an escort of at least 200 men "to show I am not a pirate." No help came. Jameson, bitterly disillusioned, decided on a gambler's throw - a direct swoop on Pretoria, the Boer capital.
	Jameson led his men across the rugged hills to the hamlet of Doornkop, where Commandant Cronje's Boer troops began to close in on him. Some of Jameson's men were trapped in a swamp, where the Boers picked them off with rifles as they floundered helplessly. That night the remainder, weary, foodless and despairing, camped in a narrow gully. All night the Boers poured volleys into the camp till Jameson had lost 28 killed and 30 wounded. When dawn broke his force was completely surrounded. When he saw the black muzzles of Boer guns lined up on the ridge, he knew the only alternative to annihilation was surrender.
	Jameson and his men were taken in ox carts to Pretoria, where they were imprisoned for six weeks in the squalid town gaol till Kruger, on the advice of Sir Hercules Robinson, handed them over to the British Government for trial. The Government ran true to form in dealing with lost causes. Rhodes was forced to resign the Premiership and other offices. Jameson was taken ignominiously to London, where in June, 1896, he was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment in Holloway Gaol. Six months later he was quietly released because of ill-health.
	He returned to South Africa, where he was hailed as a hero. In 1904, with the Boer War won, Jameson became Premier of Cape Colony. When in 1910 the new Dominion was formed by the union of the British colonies of the Cape and Natal with the former Boer lands of the Transvaal and Orange Free State, Jameson was knighted for his part in bringing it about. In 1911 he was made a baronet. He returned to England in 1912 and died in London on November 26, 1917.
	In May 1920 his body was taken to Rhodesia and buried near Cecil Rhodes.
	The Jardine family and the legend of Spedlins Tower
	The following version of the legend of Spedlins Tower appeared in the Camperdown Chronicle of 18 March 1930. Camperdown is a small town in south-western Victoria, Australia.
	A few miles north of Lochmaben, on the banks of the River Annan, stands Spedlins Tower. [In a more modern context, it may be better to say that Spedlins Tower stands a few miles north of Lockerbie, scene of the infamous Pan Am flight 103 bombing in 1988.] A massive heap now in ruins, it was for centuries the home of a noted Border family, the Jardines of Applegirth.
	A strange ghost story, founded on facts, is attached to it.
	At the entrance to the tower is a stone stair, and on the first landing of this stair is a massive wooden trapdoor leading to the dungeon. The story is in close connection with this dungeon.
	Early in the 17th century [other versions place the events during the reign of Charles II], a grain mill that stood in close proximity to the tower was burned down. [Dunty] Porteous, the miller, being accused of wilfully setting it on fire, fled, but was arrested on the shores of the Solway and confined in the dungeon by order of Alexander Jardine, the laird, who held judicial powers in the district.
	Shortly after this the laird, as one of the members of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, was summoned to Edinburgh. Before he started he gave full instructions that the prisoner was to be well looked after and fed; but, unfortunately, he took the key of the dungeon away with him, and only found out his mistake on reaching the end of his journey.
	He was horrified at the discovery, for he knew that this was the only means of getting food and water to the prisoner, and a special horseman was at once dispatched with the key, and instructed to ride with all speed.
	Meanwhile, at the tower every nook and corner had been searched for it, and desperate efforts made to force the lock and bolts.
	The piercing cries of the prisoner nearly drove the laird's wife out of her mind, and besides she had the thought of the terrible slur that would be cast on the good name of Jardine if anyone died for want of food in their stronghold.
	As soon as the horseman arrived, the door was opened and a ghastly sight met the eyes of the warders, for there on the floor lay the prisoner, dead, having gnawed nearly all the flesh off one of his arms in an attempt to appease the pangs of hunger.
	The tragedy caused a great sensation, and as those were the days of superstition the man's ghost naturally began to appear. The night watchman saw him running round waving his blood-stained arm above his head, and the inmates of the tower could not sleep for the noise he made.
	The place quickly got a bad name, and everyone went in fear and trembling of Dunty as the ghost was called (and he still goes by this name in the district); peasants avoided the tower after dark and even warriors, compelled to pass that way at night, would brace themselves up and grip their swords tightly.
	The unhappy laird tried every means he could think of to get rid of his unwelcome guest and was almost in despair, when a priest living on Tweedside came and volunteered to pacify it.
	He brought with him a large black lettered Bible, which he opened and held at arm's length, and then, accompanied by attendants swinging censers and carrying lighted tapers, he proceeded to the dungeon where the prisoner died, next through the great hall and its alcoves, and then through the upper chambers, prayers being chanted as he passed through them.
	Finally he carried the Bible to one of the window sills in the great hall and there deposited it to act as the family's guardian, but he warned them if ever the Bible was removed the ghost would return with worse powers.
	The Bible remained there till the tower was abandoned as a place of residence at the end of the century, and was then removed to the new mansion on the other side of the river to continue its good work.
	The tower and estates passed by sale out of the family of the Jardines of Applegirth in 1889, but the Bible is still preserved as one of their most cherished heirlooms.
	Dunty, however, is still accused of periodically paying visits to members of the family.
	To this day, the folklore of the area says that, if you poke a stick into the dungeon, it will be half-chewed when it is withdrawn.
	Sir Henry Felix Jervis-White-Jervis, 5th and last baronet
	The following article appeared in the New York Times of 20 January 1943:-
	By the death of Sir John Henry Jervis-White-Jervis in London, his brother, Henry Felix, known as plain "Cap'n" Jervis to residents of Callender [Ontario, Canada] for more than a half century, learned today that he had become fifth baronet of the line. He was shocked by the news today of his accession to the title, but declined to see anyone but close friends.
	Declaring he had "nothing to say", the 83-year-old former lake captain and lumberman shut the door on reporters. Friends said it was probably thirty years since Sir Henry last saw his brother.
	A resident of Callender since 1890, Sir Henry, who still operates a tourist camp and boat‑renting service here despite his age, was the youngest of three brothers. The other two died without leaving any sons, making him heir to the title. It is not known whether any estate accompanies the title, but in any event, those who know Sir Henry do not expect him to leave his present home because of his age.
	Sir Henry first came to Canada in the early Eighteen Eighties after two years of studying forestry in Norway and Sweden. For a number of years he was connected with the Lands and Forest Department, surveying lots for homesteading, but he is probably best known as a lake-boat operator.
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Lombe (later Jodrell) created in 1784
	From the London Gazette of 16 December 1783 (issue 12502, page 1):-
	The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain to John Lombe, of Great Meiton, in the County of Norfolk, Esq; with Remainders severally to his Brother Edward Hase, of Sall, in the said County of Norfolk, Esq; and to the Heirs Male of the Body lawfully begotten, of Vertue, Wife of Richard Paul Jodrell, of Saxlingham, in the same County, Esq; Niece of the said John Lombe, Esq.
	Sir William Johnson, 1st baronet [GB 1755]
	Sir William spent all his adult life in America, where he became a very powerful figure, due largely to the rapport he established with the native Indian tribes. The following is his entry in the 1920 edition of The Encyclopedia Americana:-
	JOHNSON, SIR William, British superintendent-general of Indian affairs in North America: b. Smithtown, County Meath, Ireland, 1715; d. near Johnstown, N.Y., 11 July 1774. His uncle, Sir Peter Warren, offered his nephew the management of his entire property in New York, if the latter would undertake its improvement and settlement. Johnson accepted the offer and in 1738 established himself upon a tract of land on the south side of the Mohawk, about 25 miles from Schenectady, which Sir Peter had called Warrensburgh. In addition to the settling and improving of the country, he embarked in trade with the Indians, whom he always treated with perfect honesty and justice. He became a master of their language, speaking many of their dialects as perfectly as they did themselves and was thoroughly acquainted with their beliefs and customs. He was adopted by the Mohawks as one of their tribe, chosen a sachem [chief] and named Wariaghejage or Warraghiaghy, "he who has charge of affairs". In 1744 he was appointed colonel of the Six Nations, in 1746 commissioner of New York for Indian affairs. In 1750 he became a member of the provincial council. In 1754 be attended as one of the delegates from New York the congress of Albany and also the great council held with the Indians on that occasion, at which they strongly urged his reappointment as their superintendent. At the council of Alexandria, 14 April 1755, he was sent for by [General Edward] Braddock [1695‑1755] and commissioned by him "sole superintendent of the affairs of the Six United Nations, their allies and dependents". He was also, pursuant to the determination of that council, created a major-general and commander-in-chief of the provincial forces destined for the expedition against Crown Point. At the head of these forces, in September 1755, he defeated Baron Dieskau at Lake George. This victory saved the colony from the French and Johnson received the thanks of Parliament for his victory, was voted £5,000 and on 27 Nov. 1755, created a baronet of Great Britain. On his arrival at Lac Saint Sacrament a few days before this battle, he gave to it the name of Lake George, "not only in honor of his majesty, but to assert his undoubted domain here." In March 1756 he received from George II a commission as "colonel, agent, and sole superintendent of the affairs of the Six Nations, and other northern Indians." He held this office for the rest of his life. In 1758 was present with Abercrombie at Ticonderoga. General Prideaux led the expedition against Fort Niagara in 1759. Johnson was second in command and upon the death of Prideaux, before that fort, succeeded to the command in chief. With upward of 1,000 Indian allies he continued the siege with great vigor and cut to pieces the French army. He led the same Indian allies the following year in the Canadian expedition of Amherst [qv] and was present at the capitulation of Montreal and the surrender of Canada to the British arms in 1760. The war was now at an end and the king granted to Sir William for his services a tract of about 10,000 acres of land, north of the Mohawk. In 1764, the country being at peace and the Indians perfectly contented, Sir William erected Johnson Hall, a large wooden edifice still standing. The village of Johnstown, with stores, an inn, a courthouse and an Episcopal church was soon laid out. In 1772 it became the shire town of Tryon County. Johnson lived in the style of an old English baron of former days and exercised a liberal hospitality. In 1768 he concluded the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. He wrote 'The Language, Customs and Manners of the Six Nations', published in Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia (1772) and his letters have great historical value.
	Further information on the family was provided in the following obituary, published in the London Daily Telegraph of 17 April 1957:-
	Sir Edward Gordon Johnson, who has died in Montreal aged 90, was the last North American holder of the "baronetcy of New York", established 202 years ago [i.e. 1755].
	The title was created for Gen. William Johnson, who defeated the French at the battle of Crown Point in North America in the mid-18th century. Sir Gordon, his descendant, was the fifth baronet.
	Born and educated in Montreal, he was on the staff of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1903 to 1933. His wife, Violet Eveline Hayes, daughter of the late Dr. T.E. Hayes, of Dublin, died in 1951. They had no children.
	The first baronet had large estates in New York Province, then part of the British Dominions, and Virginia. Major John Paley Johnson, 49, a cousin, who succeeds to the title, said last night that Johnson Hall, Albany, New York State, the seat of the first baronet, was now an American National Museum.
	Johnson Island, in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, was the property of the Canadian government. Sir John Johnson, the second baronet, fought for the loyalists in the American War of Independence.
	"Sir John was the first governor of Quebec. The estate moved to Canada, and grew smaller and smaller, and now I don't really know what's there. Sir Gordon Johnson had some valuable pictures. But I believe they have nearly all been given to Johnson Hall, or to the New York State Library."
	Major Johnson, the sixth baronet, who lives in London, served in the Royal Artillery in Burma and Italy during the war. He visited his cousin in Canada twice before the war. Capt. P.C. Paley Johnson, Major Johnson's son, is at present in Cyprus.
	Sir John Johnston, 3rd baronet [NS 1626]
	The following is an extract from the Newgate Calendar:-
	Sir John Johnston was born at Kirkcaldy, in Fifeshire. His father had had a good estate, but had diminished it by extravagant living, so Sir John went young into the army to improve his fortune. He went over to Ireland, where he thought to better his circumstances by marriage; and getting into the acquaintance of a Mr Magrath, in the county of Clare, he, by his urbane conversation, so gained his good opinion, that he frequently invited him to dinner. Mr Magrath having a daughter, with ten thousand pounds as her portion, Sir John took every opportunity to insinuate himself into her company, and so far gained upon her affections as to obtain her consent to elope with him; but the father, having some hints given him of their private courtship, kept a very watchful eye over their actions, and at last, being confirmed in his suspicions, forbade Sir John his house, and kept his daughter close.
	Miss Magrath being uneasy under her confinement, and deprived of the company of Sir John, whom she loved to distraction, made a kinswoman her confidante, and entrusted her with a letter to Sir John, to let him know how uneasy her life was, and that if he would come to such a place, at a stated time, she would endeavour to make her escape, and meet him. But the lady, thinking she should gain most by obliging her uncle, delivered the letter to him, instead of Sir John. Mr Magrath, having read it, sealed it up again, and sent it to Sir John, who received it with a great deal of satisfaction, and immediately wrote an answer, and returned it by the same messenger. But, repairing to the place of rendezvous, instead of meeting the lady, he fell into an ambuscade of fellows with sticks and clubs, who beat him so unmercifully that he promised to relinquish his pursuit.
	Having been in London some time, and spent his money, he was obliged to apply to some of his countrymen for support; and Captain James Campbell, brother of the Earl of Argyll, having a design to steal an heiress, one Miss Mary Wharton, he and Mr Montgomery were assistants in the affair. Miss Wharton was the daughter of Philip Wharton, Esq., and at the age of 13, by his death, inherited £1500 per annum, besides a personal property to the amount of £1000. This young lady resided with her mother in Great Queen Street, and Captain James Campbell, brother of the Earl of Argyll, wishing to possess so rich a prize, determined to marry her perforce, and for that purpose prevailed upon Sir John Johnston and Archibald Montgomery to assist him in conveying Miss Wharton from her home, which being done, and a reward of £100 offered for the apprehension of Captain Campbell and £50 a-piece for him and Mr Montgomery. Sir John, being betrayed by his landlord, was apprehended and indicted for it, the 11th of December 1690.
	The evidence was, in substance, that Miss Mary Wharton, being an heiress of considerable fortune, and under the care of her guardian (Mr Bierly), was decoyed out on the 10th of November, and being met with by Sir John Johnston, Captain Campbell and Mr Montgomery, in Queen Street, was forced into a coach with six horses (appointed to wait there by Captain Campbell) and carried to the coachman's house, and there married to Captain Campbell, against the consent of herself, or knowledge of her guardian. The jury having found the prisoner guilty, he received sentence of death.
	The enterprise succeeded but too well to Johnston's cost. Campbell, who was the real culprit, escaped punishment, and married Margaret Leslie, daughter of David Lord Newark, after Parliament had dissolved his first marriage; but every effort to save Johnston proved ineffectual. Miss Wharton afterwards married Colonel Bierly, who commanded a regiment of horse in the service of William III.
	At the place of execution, Sir John addressed the spectators in a long speech, in which he not only endeavoured to make it appear he was blameless in the transaction for which he suffered, but that he had been greatly wronged in printed papers, in which he was charged with a rape at Chester, and a similar crime at Utrecht, in Holland. He was executed at Tyburn, the 23rd of December 1690.
	Sir Thomas Alexander Johnston, 11th baronet [NS 1626]
	From the Aberdeen Press and Journal of 9 April 1943:-
	Since 1921 the Registrar of the Baronetage and Mr. C.F.J. Hankinson, editor of "Debrett", have been trying to trace the Aberdeenshire Baronetcy of Johnston of Caskieben. They have been successful.
	The last known baronet was Sir Thomas Johnston, but he had not been heard of since he claimed the title twenty-two years ago.
	As a result of the article which appeared in the "Press and Journal" last January, a letter has been received from Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A., written by Sir Thomas Johnston.
	"Sir Thomas in his letter has provided all the facts that prove without doubt that he is the rightful bearer of the title," Mr. Hankinson told the "Press and Journal".
	"He says he was born on December 15, 1857, and that his father, William Johnston, was killed in a hurricane in 1906. Sir Thomas adds that he has seven children, five boys and two girls, his heir being his eldest son, William John Johnston.
	"As presumably Sir Thomas is a naturalised American citizen, he will not be able to use his title in the United States. But he can of course assume the title if ever he comes to Britain."
	The Johnstons first made their appearance in Aberdeenshire in the reign of David II, when the head of the family became secretary to the then Earl of Mar and acquired the estate of Caskieben (now Keithall) by marriage. Later and at various times the family held land at Crimond, Ballindalloch, Craig, Cordyce (now Caskieben), Bishopstown, and Hilton, on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
	Charles I created the laird of Caskieben a baronet of Nova Scotia in 1626, according to the official record, but in the patent that was in possession of the family the date was 1625, which would make the Johnston baronetcy the premier baronetcy. Aberdeenshire already had the premier Marquessate (Huntly), the premier Earldom (Mar), and the premier Barony (Forbes).
	The 2nd baronet sold Caskieben in 1660 to the Keiths. The first baronet's uncle, Arthur Johnston, [1579‑1641] the famous Latin poet, was physician to Charles I and wrote Latin versions of the Psalms.
	Sir Thomas Judkin-Fitzgerald, 3rd baronet
	Sir Thomas committed suicide by drowning himself. The following report of the subsequent inquest appeared in The Hull Packet and East Riding Times of 6 May 1864:-
	On Friday last an inquest was held by Dr Morissy, coroner of the Dublin district, on the body of Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald, who had committed suicide by drowning himself in the River Suir on the Tuesday night previous. He was of an ancient family, and competent estates, but the Fitzgeralds bear upon their ancestral name a blazonry of misfortune …
	Sir Thomas, we are told, was deeply involved in debt; his liabilities pressed heavily upon him; he had been badgered by money lenders, solicitors, and the entire tribe of harpies who find their favourite prey in an easygoing Irish landlord. And this torture, it would seem, had lasted for a considerable time. There was at the last moment an execution in his house for £300, and that drove the unhappy man to his deed of self-immolation. Not through the inquest, or any other medium, shall we ever learn the full detail of the agony which rent his brain, and whirled him away, so to speak, from his bed to the brink of the deep stream; but enough is known to account for the act of madness committed by a man of violent temper, of sanguine hopes, of gloomy fears, of every contradiction and intensity indeed which is possible in human nature, wanting the strength of Christian faith and forbearance under suffering.
	This frenzied bankrupt had been for a week engaged in Dublin, in endeavouring to settle with his more obdurate creditors, to raise a loan, or otherwise to avert the scandal of an avowed financial collapse. These efforts failed, and with a deliberation which left a terrible question for the jury to answer, Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald sat down in the Irish capital, and wrote a letter to his attorney, quitting Dublin immediately afterwards by train. The solicitor, apparently after some delay, opened the epistle addressed to him, and found directions for the finding of his client's body. Instantly the benevolent law was put in force; telegrams were despatched for the peremptory arrest of the Lord of Golden Hills; but the murder had been done before the alarm was sounded, and the 'dark night's work' was over.
	Silent and moody, the baronet had driven a car from Goold-cross station to Golden Hills; he reached home half an hour after midnight; the butler waited for him; he visited his wife for a few minutes in her own room; he took tea, and 'ordered the things away' as usual; he drank no wine or spirits - and was not in the habit of drinking them. And then, unbarring the hall door, he went out alone into the park.
	Presently a great fear came over the mind of his miserable wife. She aroused the household, employing a strange expression - 'Sir Thomas has gone out somewhere, and he has not returned; I fear he has got a weakness' - a phrase indicating that he had exhibited dangerous eccentricities upon previous occasions. Men with lanterns searched the grounds until daylight, and not till then was a letter found, in which Sir Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald declared his resolve to die. How abject are the last words of the suicide, 'My body will be found in the weir, at that part called the Pig-hole.' And 'my poor body will be found in the Suir at Pig-hole, where all the salmon are taken, near where the white-thorn is that was lately cut.' See how, amid the insanity and distraction of that fearful midnight, method, order, and precaution prevailed in the self-murderer's brain; he dreaded lest his remains should not be recovered from the water; he fixed upon the particular locality of his death; he threw off hat and coat before taking that horrible plunge into the dark; in all things he acted as a rational being except in the one ghastly, guilty deed of embracing death in order to escape the clutches of a sheriff's officer.
	From all that it is possible to learn, we may infer that Sir Thomas wandered about the estate which was so encumbered for hours before he rushed down [to] the black water by the weir. We must assume, also, that he drugged himself before leaping into the stream, because he was an admirable swimmer, and the common report went so far as to declare that he could not drown himself if he felt inclined. However, there he floated in mid-river on Wednesday morning, with foam upon his lips and his lungs still warm, so that hours must have elapsed between his mad exit from the house at Golden Hills and the struggling rush into the weedy Suir.

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