Sir Alexander Johnston

(1775-1849)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Johnston, Alexander, Sir, 1775-1849 NRA: Johnston Sir Alexander (1775-1849) Knight Colonial Administrator DNB: Johnston, Sir Alexander (1775-1849), colonial official and judge in Ceylon LBT ID: AlJohns1849 VIAF ID: 60677648 LOC ID: n89204189	B/BAP: 1775-04-25 DIED: 1849-03-06
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Chief Justice of Ceylon (1805), founder of the Royal Asiatic Society (1823), and privy counsellor (1832). He published in the Literary Gazette.
REFERENCES TO Sir Alexander Johnston: John Gibson Lockhart to Henry Hart Milman, 22 September 1840 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 1 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 10: The R.S.L. Found 1: ¶ 14 Ch. 14: Private Life Found 1: ¶ 3 Ch. 16: British Association Found 1: ¶ 16 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 18: 1837-43