Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet
Scottish army officer and kidnapper
About Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet
Lived 1648 – 1690 (aged 41–42). Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet was a Scottish military officer and military personnel.
Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet of Caskieben (c. 1648 – 23 December 1690) was a Scottish soldier who was executed for his part in the abduction of Mary Wharton.
Biography Johnston was born about 1648, the only son of Sir George Johnston, 2nd Baronet by his wife, a daughter of Sir William Leslie, 3rd Baronet of Wardes. In 1660 his father had sold the family estate of Caskieben in Aberdeenshire to Sir John Keith, who renamed it Keith Hall. Johnston was a captain in the army, and served under King William III in Flanders and in Ireland, where he was present at the Battle of the Boyne.
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Scottish army officer and kidnapper
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Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet was born in 1648.
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Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet died on 23 December 1690.
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Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet was a military officer and military personnel.
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Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet was Scottish.
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