James Johnston of Alva

(1801-1888)

LBT ID: JaJohns1888	B/BAP: 1801-07-04 DIED: 1888-02-24
SOURCES: James C. Corson, Notes and Index to Grierson's Letters of Scott; thepeerage.com
Scottish barrister, the son of James Raymond Johnstone (d. 1830); he was MP for Clackmannan (1851-57).
REFERENCES TO James Johnston of Alva: Sir Walter Scott to Henry Francis Scott of Harden, 10 January 1831 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VII 1830-31 Found 1: ¶ 43