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George Randall Johnson MA (1833 - 1919)

George Randall Johnson MA
Born in Suffolk, England, United Kingdommap
Husband of — married 11 Mar 1873 in New Zealandmap
Died at age 86 in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

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George Johnson MA is Notable.

George was born in 1833. He was the son of Richard Johnson and Mary Cubitt.

  • Johnson attended school in Bury St Edmunds and was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1853, graduating with a B.A. in 1857 and an M.A. in 1861.[1]

He studied law at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1861.(wiki-visually). ( "Johnson, George Randall (JHN853GR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.)

"Johnson, George Randall, M.A., Clare Coll., Camb., 1861, lord of the manor of Stalham, a student of Lincoln's Inn 22 April, 1857 (then aged 23), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1861 (eldest son of late Rev. Richard Johnson, rector of Lavenham, Suffolk); born ⁠, 1834; married and has issue". https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Men-at-the-Bar/Johnson,_George_Randall

Waxham Hall, Stalham, near Norwich.

New Zealand

He lived for a time in New Zealand, in Poverty Bay, his younger brother James Woodbine Johnson also emigrated there. George was a member of the Legislative Council. He was appointed on 23 July 1872 and served until 23 November 1892, when he resigned.[1]

He was the father of Peter Randall Johnson, who was born while he was living in New Zealand. He also had a daughter named Constance.[4] He later returned to England and lived in Exeter.
He had the following children

  • 1875/10275 Johnson Constance Emily Randall; Lucy & George Randall
  • 1876/17641 Johnson Agnes Hamilton Randall; Lucy & George Randall
  • 1879/4997 Johnson Fanny Amelia Randall; Lucy & George Randall
  • 1880 Peter Randall Johnson


Return to England

He passed away in 1919.[2]

Sources

  1. http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MacHist-t1-body-d38-d7-d6.html
  2. UK Deaths, JOHNSON, GEORGE RANDALL, age: 86, 1919 December Quarter in HONITON Volume 05B Page 24, https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

Research Notes

George Randall Johnson1 M, #181979 Last Edited=22 Jan 2006 George Randall Johnson lived at Feniton Court, Devon, EnglandG.1 Child of George Randall Johnson Constance Johnson+1 b. c 1875, d. 3 Jan 1965 Citations [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 532. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] http://www.thepeerage.com/p18198.htm#i181979


Johnson was the second son of the Reverend Richard Johnson, rector of Lavenham, Suffolk. His older brother was Richard Cubitt Johnson who played cricket for Cambridge in 1850 and died while an undergraduate of typhoid fever in 1851.

Johnson attended school in Bury St Edmunds and was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1853, graduating with a B.A. in 1857 and an M.A. in 1861.[1] He studied law at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1861.

Like his brother, he played cricket for Cambridge University and was captain in 1855. He also played for Cambridge Town Club (aka Cambridgeshire) and for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

At one time he was living in Stalham in Norfolk, and was a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk.





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