JOHNSON, William (c.1660-1718), of Blackwall, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1660, 2nd s. of Henry Johnson, and bro. of Sir Henry Johnson. educ. Leyden 1678. m. by 1687, Agneta, da. of Hartgill Baron, clerk of the privy seal, of Windsor, Berks., 3s. 8da.East Anglian, iii. 198; Add. 22187, f. 219; Hedges Diary (Hakluyt Soc. lxxiv), 249; PCC 218 Tenison; The Ancestor, x. i63.

Offices Held

Asst. R. Africa Co. 1687 – 89; commr. for assessment, Mdx., Suff. and Aldeburgh 1689 – 90; dep. lt. Tower Hamlets 1689 – at least1702; committee E.I. Co. 1690 – 91, 1698 – 99, 1702 – 05; elder bro. Trinity House 1709 – d.; commr. for sewers, Tower Hamlets 1712.Add. 22187, f. 127; SP44/165/305; information from Henry Horwitz; HMC Townshend, 211.

Gent. of privy chamber 1690 – 1702; capt.-gen. of Guinea 1716–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 206.

Parlimentarian

JOHNSON, William (c.1660-1718), of Blackwall, Mdx.

Main residence: Blackwall, Mdx.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

JOHNSON, William (c.1660-1718)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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