Diplomat. Attended Eton, 1871-7. See his brother Francis for family information. Married an American heiress Antoinette Pinchot.
His job took him to Denmark, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Luxembourg. Uncle to Dennis Wheatley's second wife, the author put Johnstone, as "a courtly diplomat of the old school", into his novel 'The Second Seal' (1950).
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Alan Johnstone
This Boat House was given to the Club by Gilbert Johnstone, the youngest of 9...
Ronald Charles Button was born on 19 January 1933, the youngest of the three children of Henry James Button (1900-1960) and Florence Rosina Button née Furniaux (1901-1940). His birth was registered...
Born Frankfurt, Germany. Died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.
Person, Children, Seriously Famous, Tragedy, Germany, Netherlands
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
See Lost Hospitals of London for an excellent history of this hospital. Briefly: The White House, a mansion with 5 acres of grounds, was built in 1866. Dr Langdon Down and his wife Mary bought it ...
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