William Augustus Johnson
Lieutenant-General William Augustus Johnson (15 October 1777, in Kenilworth – 26 October 1863, in Witham, Lincolnshire) was an English soldier and Member of Parliament.
He was the eldest son of
He married Lucy Foster (1815–1890) on 17 February 1835.
Commissioned as an
Johnson inherited the Witham on the Hill estate in Lincolnshire from an uncle in 1814 and left active duty on half-pay to run the estate. He continued to receive promotions, to full colonel in 1819,[3] major-general in 1830 and lieutenant-general in 1841.[1] He retired from the army in 1842.
He stood many times for Parliament, and served as Member of Parliament for Boston, 1821–1826 and for Oldham, 1837–1847.[4]
He was a Magistrate,
When slavery was abolished in 1833, he received compensation for the loss of slaves in Antigua.[5]
He died, following a fall at his home, in 1863 aged 86.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d History of Parliament Online article
- ^ The London Gazette; Publication date: 6 May 1794 Issue: 13652 Page: 415
- ^ The London Gazette Publication date: 12 August 1819 Issue: 17505 Page: 1443
- ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
- ^ "William Augustus Johnson". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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