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298 JOHNSTONES OF ALVA
House of Lords for permission to assume the honours and dignities of the last
Marquis of Annandale, but it was again opposed by Mr Hope Johnstone, the
direct descendant through the females of the first Marquis, and by several
other claimants. His mother carried on the suit on behalf of her infant son,
and it was finally thrown out in 1844. In 1876 Sir Frederick presented another
petition to be allowed to assume the dormant dignities, and was opposed by
Mr Hope Johnstone and also by Mr Edward Johnstone of Fulford Hall.
Judgment was given against all the claimants in 1881.
Sir Frederick has been a very noted member of the Turf Club. His
ancestral mansion in Dumfriesshire is beautifully situated, enclosed by woods
and surrounded by steep hills. The mausoleum of his family, in the churchyard,
is surmounted by a handsome dome supported by massive pillars. At
Glendining, another part of the Westerhall estate, a profitable antimony mine
was opened in 1760, but not regularly worked till Sir William Pulteney in-
herited the property. Sir Frederick's other residences are The Hatch, near
Windsor, a villa on the Riviera, and his town house in Arlington Street.
Lady Maria, widow of Sir George Frederick Johnstone, married, secondly,
Aug. 1844, Alexander Oswald of Auchencruive, Co. Ayr, M.P., who died Sept.
6, 1868. She died Oct. 1858.
Failing the heirs of Colonel George Johnstone, the House of Alva, coming
from the third Baronet of Westerhall, is next in succession to the Baronetcy.
James Raymond Johnstone, only son of John Johnstone of Alva, was born
June 4, 1768, and married, June 20, 1799, Mary Elizabeth, sister to Sir Montague
Cholmeley, Bart. They had eight sons and eight daughters :
I. James, born 1801.
II. John, born 1802, Colonel H.E.I.C.S., married, June 18, 1845, Caroline,
daughter of the Rev. Charles Pannel. Their daughter, Harriet Augusta,
married Sir Robert Buxton, and left children. Colonel Johnstone embarked
at Madras for Singapore with half his regiment in 1854. The ship was never
heard of again, and there were suspicions of foul play.
III. Montague Cholmeley, born 1804 (Major-General), married, Dec. 31,
1844, Leonora Louisa, daughter of General Sir Henry Somerset, K.C.B., greatgrand-daughter
of the fifth Duke of Beaufort. He died 1874, leaving
(1) Somerset James, Lieutenant (retired) R.N., born Aug. 29, 1846. Married,
first, :87s, Cassila, daughter of W. Johnson. She died 1886, having had
I, Fitzroy Augustus, Lieutenant Indian Army, born July 1878 ; 2, Emily, married
Herbert Algernon Adams, R.N. He married, secondly, 1887, Isabel Ann,
daughter of Joseph Mappin, and has— 3, James Montagu, born 1889 ; 4, Malcolm
Bruce, born 1893 ; 5. Catherine Octavia.
(2) Montague George, D.S.O. (Frampton, North Berwick), J.P., Major
(retired) Royal Scots Greys, Lieutenant-Colonel late commanding 3rd Battalion
Militia Yorkshire Light Infantry. Served with Bechuanaland Expedi-
tion, 1884; South African War, 1899-1901. Born March 21, 1848. Married,
July 10, 1880, Agnes, widow of Captain Robert Johnston Stansfeld, daughter
of Joseph Harrison, D.L., J. P., Co. Lancaster. They have— I, Montague Joseph