Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone

The Right Honourable Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, Bt
Member of Parliament for Weymouth
In office 1790–1796 Serving with Sir James Murray Pulteney, Andrew Stuart, Thomas Jones, Sir James Johnstone, Gabriel Tucker Steward
Preceded by	Welbore Ellis John Purling Sir Thomas Rumbold Gabriel Steward
Succeeded by	Sir James Murray Pulteney Andrew Stuart Gabriel Tucker Steward William Garthshore
Personal details
Born	Richard Johnstone (1732-09-21)21 September 1732
Died	14 July 1807(1807-07-14) (aged 74)
Spouses	Catherine Agnew ​ ​ (m. 1756; died 1790)​ Margaret Scott ​ (m. 1795)​
Parent(s)	John Johnstone Charlotte van den Bempde
Residence	Hackness Hall

Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet (21 September 1732 – 14 July 1807) was a British Member of Parliament.

Early life

Born Richard Johnstone he was the son of Colonel John Johnstone (d. 1741), second son of Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet, of Westerhall. His mother was Charlotte, daughter of John van den Bempde of Hackness Hall in Hackness, near Scarborough, Yorkshire.[1]

Career

Vanden-Bampde-Johnstone was elected to the House of Commons for Weymouth in 1790, a seat he held until 1796. On 6 July 1795 he was created a Baronet, of Hackness Hall in the North Riding of the County of York.[2]

Personal life

In November 1756, he married Catherine Agnew, a daughter of James Agnew. After the death of his first wife in 1790, he married, secondly, Margaret Scott, daughter of John Scott, on 26 February 1795. Together, they were the parents of:[1]

• Margaret Anne Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (d. 1819), who married George Johnstone, son of Charles John Johnstone.[1]
• Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baronet (1799–1869), who married Louisa Augusta Venables-Vernon, daughter of Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt and Lady Anne Leveson-Gower (a daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford), in 1825.[1]
• Reverend Charles Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (1800–1882), the Canon of York who married Amelia Hawksworth, daughter of Reverend Richard Hawksworth and Isabella Pilkington, in 1827.[1]

In 1793 he assumed by Act of Parliament his maternal grandfather's surname of Vanden-Bempde[3] but in 1795 he was authorised by Royal licence to resume the name of Johnstone in addition to those of Vanden-Bempde.

He died in July 1807, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John. His grandson Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 3rd Baronet, was raised to the peerage as Baron Derwent in 1881.[4]

See also

• Johnstone Baronets of Westerhall

References

1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1109.
2. "No. 13789". The London Gazette. 23 June 1795. p. 646.
3. Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1793 (33 Geo. 3). c. 1
4. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

External links

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• www.thepeerage.com

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Welbore Ellis John Purling Sir Thomas Rumbold Gabriel Steward	Member of Parliament for Weymouth 1790–1796 With: Sir James Murray Pulteney 1790–1796 Andrew Stuart 1790–1796 Thomas Jones 1790–1791 Sir James Johnstone 1791–1794 Gabriel Tucker Steward 1794–1796	Succeeded by Sir James Murray Pulteney Andrew Stuart Gabriel Tucker Steward William Garthshore
Baronetage of Great Britain
New creation	Baronet (of Hackness Hall) 1795–1807	Succeeded by John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone