Modern English biography

_portrait_. JOHNSON, JOHN. _b._ 1801; studied in Italy 1836–40; built St. Saviour’s ch. Walmer 1846, Water colour gallery, Pall Mall; decorated H.M. theatre for Benjamin Lumley; built mansion for sir John Kelk at Tedworth, Wilts. 1878; with Mr. Meeson, Alexandra palace, which was burnt 9 June 1873; district surveyor East Hackney; a great fisherman; in 1866 he obtained the prize for the greatest weight of fish caught 550 lbs.; member of Piscatorial soc.; member of Thames angling preservation soc. and on the committee. _d._ 14 Buckingham st. Adelphi, London 28 Dec. 1878. _The Builder_ (1874) 687–9, (1879) 53, 137; _Fishing Gazette 3 Jany. 1879 p._ 7. JOHNSON, JOHN JAMES (3 son of William Johnson of The Pallant, Chichester, _d._ 1823). _b._ June 1812; ed. at Winchester; barrister M.T. 10 June 1836, bencher 5 May 1864 to death; recorder of Chichester, Aug. 1863 to death; Q.C. 13 Feb. 1864. _d._ 26 Gresham place, Belgrave sq. London 22 July 1890. JOHNSON, JOHN MERCER (son of a timber merchant). _b._ Liverpool 1818; ed. Northumberland county gram. sch. New Brunswick; barrister 1840; member of provincial legislature, postmaster general 1847, speaker of the house, and attorney general, solicitor general 1854; member of Quebec and London conferences which settled the confederation act of the Dominion of Canada 1864, 1867; member for Northumberland in Dominion parliament