A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameSir Arthur Johnstone (Johnston) MD 
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13Birth1579, Caskleben,Aberdeenshire, Scotland11
DeathJun 1641, Oxford, City Of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England11 Age: 62
BurialUniversity Church Of St Mary The Virgin, Oxford, City Of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England11
FatherSir George Johnstone
MotherLady Elizabeth Christian Forbes (1547-1622)
Spouses
Marriage21 Nov 1604, Temple De Sedan At The Academy Of Sedan, Sedan, Département Des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Birth1598, Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland11
Death2 Mar 1650, Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland11 Age: 52
BurialOld Machar Churchyard, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland11
FatherSir John Gordon 1st Of Newton (1570-1610)
MotherLady Margaret Udny (1581-1599)
Marriage4 Mar 1625, Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland11
ChildrenWilliam (1625-1673)
Notes for Sir Arthur Johnstone (Johnston) MD
Son of Sir George Johnston and Lady Christian Forbes
Born at Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Knighted 1700 by his father Sir George Johnston at Castle Caskieben
Sir Arthur Johnston MD, a poet and physician, was born in the year 1579 (sic: 1677), at Caskieben, the seat of his family, a few miles from Aberdeen. He was the fifth son of Sir George Johnston, was an Aberdeenshire laird, and his mother Christian Forbes was the daughter of Lord Forbes. He had five brothers. The eldest, John Johnston, was appointed sheriff of Aberdeen in 1630, and the youngest, Dr. William Johnston, after having filled the chairs of humanity and philosophy in the University of Sedan, was appointed the first professor of mathematics in Marischal college. Like his brother he also wrote Latin verses.
Arthur received the early part of his education at the grammar school of Kintore, in the neighborhood of his father's estate, and is supposed to have studied at King's College, Old Aberdeen, as he was afterwards elected rector of that university. [5] He subsequently travelled through Germany, Denmark, and Holland; and after visiting England, he at last settled in France 1604 where he acquired considerable eminence as a Latin poet. He married his first wife Marie in November. With the view of studying medicine, after his 3rd child was born in 1608 [6] he went to England, and twice visited Italy where he remained for some time at the university of Padua, where, in 1610, the degree of M.D. was conferred upon him.[7] In 1619 he was in practice in Paris. [8] Physician to JAMES I and CHARLES I [9], was appointed rector of King's College, Aberdeen, in June 1637. [5] At William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury's invitation to come to London, his son Daniel who was a Professor at Oxford University, asked him to give a lecture on his way there. He never made it to London as he died at his sons home after the lecture while visiting him. [10] (There is a record that states he died while giving the lecture, however, there has been no proof documentation presented)
He published a volume of epigrams at Aberdeen in 1632. In these pieces he shows himself at his best. His sacred poems, which had appeared in the Opera (1642), were reprinted by Lauder in his Poetarum Scotorum musae sacra (1739). The earliest lives are by Lauder and Benson (in Psalmi Davidici, 1741). Ruddiman's Vindication of Mr. George Buchanan's Paraphrase (1745) began a pamphlet controversy regarding the merits of the rival poets. [1,2,3,4]
Sir Arthur Johnston MD
Born: 1579 Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: June 1641 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Father: Sir George Johnston
Mother: Sir Christian Forbes
Wed1: November 21, 1604, Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Wife1: Lady Marie de Cagnolles
Born: 1586 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Died: April 1624 Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Known Children
Daughter: Marie Johnston b. 1605 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Son: Sir Daniel Johnston MD b. 1606 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Son: Francoise Johnston b. 1608 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Wed2: March 04, 1625, Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Wife2: Lady Barbara Gordon
Born: 1598 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: March 1650 Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Father: Sir John Gordon 1st of Newton
Mother: Lady Margaret Udny
Daughter: Barbara Johnston b. 1631 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth: Elizabeth Johnston b. 1633 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret: Margaret Johnston b. 1635 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Son: William Johnston b. 1636 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Son: Edward Johnston b. 1638 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sources:
[1] Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 7; by Hew Scott
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Johnston, Arthur". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 473.
[2] Robert Crawford (ed.), Apollos of the North: Selected Poems of George Buchanan & Arthur Johnston
[3] Musa Latina Aberdonensis, Arthur Johnston, vol.2, edited by Sir William Duguid Geddes, Aberdeen: The New Spasding Club, 1845
[4] (in French) Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Boulliot, Biographie ardennaise ou Histoire des Ardennais qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs vertus et leurs erreurs (2 book), Paris, 1830, book 2, pp. 60–68
[5] Collection: GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Special Collections, Ref No: KINGS/1/1/2/2/1/1, Alt Ref No: MSK 255/41A/4, Title; General administration records
[6] "France, registres protestants, 1536-1897, France Ardennes: Sedan Baptêmes, 1598-1607 (Ms 663/3) image 326 of 374; Societe de L'histoire du Protestantisme Francais (Society of the history of French Protestantism), Paris.
[7] Padua Municipal Archives from the 13th to the 30th Centuries
[8] Guy Patin and the Medical Profession in Paris in the Seventieth Century by Francis R. Packard 2007
[9] Records of the Physicians of the Kings, The College of Physicians registry
{10] The History of the University of Oxford, a multi-volume work published by Oxford University Press, Volume IV: Seventeenth-Century Oxford ed. Nicholas Tyacke (1997)11
Born at Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Knighted 1700 by his father Sir George Johnston at Castle Caskieben
Sir Arthur Johnston MD, a poet and physician, was born in the year 1579 (sic: 1677), at Caskieben, the seat of his family, a few miles from Aberdeen. He was the fifth son of Sir George Johnston, was an Aberdeenshire laird, and his mother Christian Forbes was the daughter of Lord Forbes. He had five brothers. The eldest, John Johnston, was appointed sheriff of Aberdeen in 1630, and the youngest, Dr. William Johnston, after having filled the chairs of humanity and philosophy in the University of Sedan, was appointed the first professor of mathematics in Marischal college. Like his brother he also wrote Latin verses.
Arthur received the early part of his education at the grammar school of Kintore, in the neighborhood of his father's estate, and is supposed to have studied at King's College, Old Aberdeen, as he was afterwards elected rector of that university. [5] He subsequently travelled through Germany, Denmark, and Holland; and after visiting England, he at last settled in France 1604 where he acquired considerable eminence as a Latin poet. He married his first wife Marie in November. With the view of studying medicine, after his 3rd child was born in 1608 [6] he went to England, and twice visited Italy where he remained for some time at the university of Padua, where, in 1610, the degree of M.D. was conferred upon him.[7] In 1619 he was in practice in Paris. [8] Physician to JAMES I and CHARLES I [9], was appointed rector of King's College, Aberdeen, in June 1637. [5] At William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury's invitation to come to London, his son Daniel who was a Professor at Oxford University, asked him to give a lecture on his way there. He never made it to London as he died at his sons home after the lecture while visiting him. [10] (There is a record that states he died while giving the lecture, however, there has been no proof documentation presented)
He published a volume of epigrams at Aberdeen in 1632. In these pieces he shows himself at his best. His sacred poems, which had appeared in the Opera (1642), were reprinted by Lauder in his Poetarum Scotorum musae sacra (1739). The earliest lives are by Lauder and Benson (in Psalmi Davidici, 1741). Ruddiman's Vindication of Mr. George Buchanan's Paraphrase (1745) began a pamphlet controversy regarding the merits of the rival poets. [1,2,3,4]
Sir Arthur Johnston MD
Born: 1579 Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: June 1641 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Father: Sir George Johnston
Mother: Sir Christian Forbes
Wed1: November 21, 1604, Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Wife1: Lady Marie de Cagnolles
Born: 1586 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Died: April 1624 Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Known Children
Daughter: Marie Johnston b. 1605 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Son: Sir Daniel Johnston MD b. 1606 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Son: Francoise Johnston b. 1608 Sedan, Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Wed2: March 04, 1625, Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Wife2: Lady Barbara Gordon
Born: 1598 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: March 1650 Castle Caskieben, Caskieben, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Father: Sir John Gordon 1st of Newton
Mother: Lady Margaret Udny
Daughter: Barbara Johnston b. 1631 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth: Elizabeth Johnston b. 1633 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret: Margaret Johnston b. 1635 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Son: William Johnston b. 1636 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Son: Edward Johnston b. 1638 Lesmoir Castle, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sources:
[1] Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; vol. 7; by Hew Scott
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Johnston, Arthur". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 473.
[2] Robert Crawford (ed.), Apollos of the North: Selected Poems of George Buchanan & Arthur Johnston
[3] Musa Latina Aberdonensis, Arthur Johnston, vol.2, edited by Sir William Duguid Geddes, Aberdeen: The New Spasding Club, 1845
[4] (in French) Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Boulliot, Biographie ardennaise ou Histoire des Ardennais qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs actions, leurs vertus et leurs erreurs (2 book), Paris, 1830, book 2, pp. 60–68
[5] Collection: GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Kings College, Special Collections, Ref No: KINGS/1/1/2/2/1/1, Alt Ref No: MSK 255/41A/4, Title; General administration records
[6] "France, registres protestants, 1536-1897, France Ardennes: Sedan Baptêmes, 1598-1607 (Ms 663/3) image 326 of 374; Societe de L'histoire du Protestantisme Francais (Society of the history of French Protestantism), Paris.
[7] Padua Municipal Archives from the 13th to the 30th Centuries
[8] Guy Patin and the Medical Profession in Paris in the Seventieth Century by Francis R. Packard 2007
[9] Records of the Physicians of the Kings, The College of Physicians registry
{10] The History of the University of Oxford, a multi-volume work published by Oxford University Press, Volume IV: Seventeenth-Century Oxford ed. Nicholas Tyacke (1997)11