Clan Johnstone is a Border Reiver Scottish clan. The Clan Johnstone were once one of the most powerful of the Border Reiver Scottish clans. They originally...
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many feuds with other clans. Their most notable enemies was the powerful Clan Johnstone. There are accusations that the Johnstones murdered Robert Moffat...
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feud with the Clan Johnstone of Lockerbie. (See: Battle of Dryfe Sands). The feud continued and the next Lord Maxwell shot Sir James Johnstone. Maxwell's...
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Clan Douglas (Gaelic: Dùbhghlas) is an ancient clan or noble house from the Scottish Lowlands. Taking their name from Douglas in Lanarkshire, their leaders...
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Earl of Annandale and Hartfell (redirect from Lord Johnstone of Lochwood)
1971). The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Percy John Wentworth Hope Johnstone, Master of Johnstone (b. 2002).[citation needed] Clan Johnstone...
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Grierson of Lag was allied to the powerful Clan Maxwell and joined forces with them against the Clan Johnstone at the Battle of Dryfe Sands in 1593. William...
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Battle of Dryfe Sands (category 16th-century Scottish clan battles)
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...
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Battle of Dryfe Sands near Lockerbie during a battle between Clan Maxwell and the Clan Johnstone. Robert Pollok of Pollok was knighted and made 1st Baronet...
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ancestral seat of Clan Moffat. The Devil's Beef Tub near Moffat was used by the members of Clan Moffat and later the members of Clan Johnstone to hoard cattle...
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American actor William W. Johnstone (1938–2004), American author of novels about the Old West Clan Johnstone, a Scottish clan, whose chief has the noble...
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of the Laird of Johnstone and the killings of several other members of Clan Johnstone during a feud between Clan Johnstone and Clan Maxwell. 29 October...
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Hope-Johnstone was captured in the Far East and held as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. On the death of his father, he succeeded him as Chief of Clan Johnstone...
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west of Lockerbie on 7 December 1593, Clan Johnstone fought Clan Maxwell at the Battle of Dryfe Sands. The Johnstones killed many Maxwells involved in the...
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English and exacted a terrible retribution. The Jardines followed the Clan Johnstone in supporting Mary, Queen of Scots. However, when the queen married...
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James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (1602 – April 1653) was a Scottish peer and royalist. He was the only son of Sir James Johnstone, the Warden of the...
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Hope-Johnstone, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell (born 19 April 1941), is a Scottish peer. He succeeded his father as chief of Clan Johnstone in 1983...
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Andrew James Cochrane-Johnstone (24 May 1767 – 21 August 1833) was a Scottish soldier, politician, swindler and adventurer who was found guilty of participation...
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library. "Tartan, Crest Badge, Motto and Slogan", Clan Johnston/e in America Adeleye, Gabriel G. (1999). Thomas J. Sienkewicz; James...
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Admiral Sir William James Hope-Johnstone KCB (28 July 1798 – 11 July 1878) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the...
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James Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell and 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c.1687–1730) was a Scottish art collector and politician who sat in...
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of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was the seat of the Clan Johnstone. The Johnstones held the property from the 14th century, and it was their main...
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William Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, 1st Marquess of Annandale KT (17 February 1664 – 14 January 1721) was a Scottish nobleman. He was...
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John James Hope-Johnstone of Annandale DL (29 November 1796 – 11 July 1876) was a Scottish Tory politician. Hope-Johnstone was born on 29 November 1796...
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James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun FRSE (23 August 1741 – 29 May 1816) was a Scottish peer, politician and military officer. Hopetoun was the...
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describes Borders families as clans. The act goes on to list the various Lowland families, including the Maxwells, Johnstones, Carruthers, Turnbulls, and...
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Vice Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, GCB (16 August 1766 – 2 May 1831) was a prominent and controversial British Royal Navy officer and politician...
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Clan Armstrong is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Borders. According to the legend and tradition, the first of the name Armstrong was Siward Beorn (sword...
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Charles John Hope-Johnstone (1883–1970) was a British photographer and a member or associate of the Bloomsbury Group. He was the editor of the Burlington...
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five daughters): Lady Agnes Johnstone (~1624-1682), married John Ambrose Johnstone, I of Poldean, Scotland (Clan Johnstone); Henrietta Maria Graham; Catherine...
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Kirkpatrick clan has long since moved from their seat at Auchen Castle and their estates and holdings came under the ownership of the Clan Johnstone. The Johnstone's...
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