JOHNSON, Sir Henry (c.1659-1719), of Blackwall, Mdx. and Friston, Suff.

Family and Education

b. c. 1659, 1st s. of Henry Johnson, and bro. of William Johnson. m. (1) 20 May 1686, Anne, da. and h. of Hugh Smithson, Haberdasher, of Old Exchange Precincts, London, 1da.; (2) 11 Mar. 1693, Martha (d. 18 July 1745), suo jure Baroness Wentworth, da. and h. of John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace of Hurley, s.p. suc. fa. 1683; Kntd. Mar. 1685.East Anglian, iii. 198; Add. 22187. f. 96; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 153.

Offices Held

Capt. of militia ft. Tower Hamlets by 1683, col. by Aug. 1688-at least 1697; j.p. Mdx. 1685 – 87, 1689 – d., Berks. 1695 – d., Suff. by 1701 – d.; committee E.I. Co. 1684 – 91, 1698 – 1702; dep. master of shipwrights’ co. Rotherhithe 1686; commr. for encroachments, Tower of London 1686; assessment, Mdx., Suff. and Aldeburgh 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Tower Hamlets 1689–?d., Mdx. 1692–?d., Berks. and Oxon. 1702–?d., elder bro. Trinity House 1700–d., master 1707 – 09; commr. for sewers, Tower Hamlets 1712.CSP Dom. July-Sept. 1683, p. 49; 1686–7, p. 21; Eg. 1626, f. 60; Add. 22187, ff. 116, 127; Mdx. RO, MJP/CP5a; information from Henry Horwitz; SP44/165/305; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 533; HMC Townshend, 211.

Parlimentarian

JOHNSON, Sir Henry (c.1659-1719), of Blackwall, Mdx. and Friston, Suff.

Main residences: Blackwall, Mdx.; Friston, Suff.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

JOHNSON, Sir Henry (c.1659-1719)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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