From 1948 to 1976 Johnston was managing director and 1951 to 1977 Chairman of Standex International Ltd.
He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery, reaching the rank of Captain.
Having been knighted in 1973,[1] he was created a life peer as Baron Johnston of Rockport, of Caversham in the Royal County of Berkshire on 30 March 1987.
[2] Johnston had married twice, Audrey Boyes in 1939 and Yvonne Shearman in 1981.
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