About Alexander Johnston
Lived 1905 – 1994 (aged 89). Alexander Johnston was a civil servant.
Sir Alexander Johnston, GCB, KBE (27 August 1905 – 7 September 1994) was a Scottish civil servant.
Born on 27 August 1905, Johnston was the sone of a stationery salesman. He attended George Heriot's School and the University of Edinburgh before entering the civil service in 1928 as an official in the Home Office, where he was an assistant principal in the criminal division early in his career.
Having been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1946 New Year Honours, Johnston was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1953 Coronation Honours, and then promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1962 New Year Honours. He died on 7 September 1994.
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