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William Johnstone, 2nd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, 1st Marquess of Annandale KT (17 February 1664 – 14 January 1721) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Annandale and Hartfell and Henrietta Douglas. He succeeded to the Earldom of Annandale and Hartfell on the death of his father in 1672.
The Annandale Johnstones were confirmed as chiefs of Clan Johnstone and in 1982 the Lord Lyon King of Arms recognised Major Percy Johnstone of Annandale as baron of the earldom of Annandale and Hartfell and of the lordship of Johnstone, Hereditary Stewart of the Stewartry of Annandale, and Hereditary Keeper of Lochmaben Castle. [3]
Earl of Annandale and Hartfell is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1661 for James Johnstone. In 1625, the title of Earl of Annandale had been created for John Murray, but it became extinct when his son James died without heirs.
Patrick Andrew Wentworth Hope-Johnstone, 11th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell (born 19 April 1941), is a Scottish peer. He succeeded his father as chief of Clan Johnstone in 1983, and his claim to an earldom was recognized three years later.
In 1585, John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell, was declared a rebel for having quarreled with the Earl of Arran who was a favorite of James VI of Scotland.A commission was therefore given to Johnstone, Lord of Annandale, who was then the Warden of the West Marches.
This portrait is probably of the 2nd Marquess of Annandale, though it is possibly of his father.. James Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Annandale and Hartfell and 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c.1687–1730) was a Scottish art collector and politician who sat in the British House of Commons briefly in 1708 before being disqualified as eldest son of a Scottish peer.
Johnstone was a political ally of his distant relation the Earl of Annandale. In the Parliament of Scotland he was a member from 1698 to 1707 for the burgh of Annan, of which Annandale was the patron. [2] He initially supported the Union with England, and when Annandale shifted towards opposing it, Johnstone intermittently joined him. [3]
John James Hope-Johnstone, 8th Earl of Annandale and Hartfell (5 October 1842 – 26 December 1912) [1] was a Scottish Conservative Party politician. At the 1874 general election Johnstone was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dumfriesshire. [2] He did not stand again at the 1880 general election. [2]