Johnstone, Andrew James Cochrane, 1767-

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Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone (1767-1833?) was the eighth son of the heavily indebted Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald. He entered the Army in 1783; ten years later he married Lady Georgiana Hope Johnstone (d. 1797) and obtained the patronage of Henry Dundas (later Lord Melville). He became governor of Dominica in 1797 and was recalled in 1803 after the Dominica assembly petitioned the Crown against him. Court-martialed on corruption charges, he was acquitted in 1805 but resigned his commission. After his conviction for fraud in the stock exchange scandal of 1814, he fled England and never returned, settling first in the West Indies and finally in Paris, where he died, probably in 1833.

From the description of Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone letters to Viscount Melville, 1792-1812. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702173128

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creatorOf Johnstone, Andrew James Cochrane, b. 1767. Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone letters to Viscount Melville, 1792-1812. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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referencedIn B. Letters Patent of George III, under the Great Seal of the Island of Dominica, granting to George Rose and Rawson Aislabie, merchant, of London, the enfranchisement of the Crown lease of an estate in the parish of St Paul in the island of Dominica;... British Library
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associatedWith Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811. person
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