James Johnston (merchant)

Lt.-Col. James Johnston
Born(1724-01-25)25 January 1724
Stromness, Orkney Islands
Died8 November 1800(1800-11-08) (aged 76)
Quebec City, Lower Canada

Lt.-Colonel James Johnston (25 January 1724 – 8 November 1800), J.P., was one of the earliest and principal Scottish merchants at Quebec following the fall of New France; of the firm Johnston & Purss. He was foreman of the first grand jury of the new British province of Quebec, justice of the peace, and colonel of artillery in the British militia.

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