Sir Frederick Johnstone, 8th Baronet

Sir Frederick John William Johnstone, 8th Baronet (5 August 1841 – 20 June 1913) was an English racehorse owner and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.

Johnstone was the son of Sir Frederick Johnstone, 7th Baronet and his wife Lady Louisa Craven, daughter of 1st Earl of Craven, and great-grandson of Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet.

[2] Johnstone was a close friend of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and was named as a co-respondent in the divorce case involving Sir Charles Mordaunt and his wife, Harriet (1870) in which the Prince was called to give evidence.

[5] Owned a property at Westerhall, near Langholm in Dumfriesshire and it is possible that his ownership of St Blaise and Common are the reason that the annual Langholm Common Riding has, as its colours each year, the colours of that year's Derby winner.

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