Robert Smith Johnston, Lord Kincraig

Hon. Lord (Robert Smith Johnston) Kincraig (10 October 1918 – 19 September 2004) was a Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland from 1972 to 1987 and chairman of the Parole Review Body for Scotland, 1988.

Early life Robert Smith Johnston was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1939 and from the University of Glasgow in 1942. Owing to a medical condition, he was considered unfit for military service at the beginning of the Second World War, so he continued his studies and began his legal career during those years.

In 1959, he unsuccessfully contested the Stirling and Falkirk burghs constituency in the general election as a Unionist candidate. on the automatic early release of short-term prisoners, subject to recall if reoffending, and a revised parole system.