John Johnson (22 April 1732 – 17 August 1814) was an English architect and surveyor to the county of Essex.

For most of the rest of his life he lived in one of the houses that he had built in Berners Street.

[1] In 1782 he succeeded William Hillyer as Surveyor to the County of Essex, a position that he held for thirty years, retiring at the age of 80.

[1][2] After this, Johnson moved from Berners Street to Camden Town, and on his retirement in 1812 returned to Leicester, where he died.

He was buried in St Martin's Church (now Leicester Cathedral) where he is commemorated on the base of a monument by John Bacon, originally erected in 1786 as a memorial to his parents.