William Campbell Johnston

Sir William Campbell Johnston FRSE (24 November 1860 – 6 October 1938) was a Scottish lawyer and noted cricketer.

He was born at 32 Heriot Row[1] in Edinburgh on 24 November 1860, the son of Henry Johnston, a surgeon in the East India Company.

He was then apprenticed as a lawyer to John Cowan and James Dalmahoy in Edinburgh, becoming an official Writer to the Signet (WS) in 1885.

He was a member of the Royal Company of Archers (the King’s official bodyguard in Scotland).

His portrait, by James Bell Anderson, hangs in the Signet Library in Edinburgh.

William Campbell Johnston
Johnston's birthplace and childhood home, 32 Heriot Row, Edinburgh
The grave of William Campbell Johnston, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh