Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet
Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet (9 February 1697 – 10 December 1772) was a Scottish baronet and politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1743 to 1754.
Sir James was the son of Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet. In 1719 he married Barbara Murray, daughter of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank. They had 14 children: 8 sons and 6 daughters. Johnstone succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1727.
He was the MP
officer George Johnstone (1730–1787).
Another brother, Patrick, died in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
In 1765 Johnstone married Elizabeth Caroline Keene, daughter of a Colonel Keene from Northamptonshire, and niece of the diplomat Sir Benjamin Keene. They had one son and daughter. His son, James Raymond Johnstone of Alva, married Mary Elizabeth Cholmeley (b. c 1778, d. 9 Sep 1843).
The family became very powerful, and it was claimed that by the late 1750s they were "involved in every