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It appears that Andrew had six sons. His eldest son, named Francis Samuel Johnston, inherited most of the properties of his extended family including those of the architect Francis Johnston via his wife Anne’s will while his second son also named Andrew Johnston is also mentioned in the will as well as Doctor George Johnston (1814-89) and the Reverend Richard Johnston.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chancery |first1=Ireland High Court of |last2=Connor |first2=Henry |last3=Lawson |first3=James Anthony |title=Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Sugden |url=https://www.google.ie/books/edition/Reports_of_Cases_Argued_and_Determined_i/qYIDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=francis+johnston+eccles+street&pg=PA106&printsec=frontcover |publisher=A. Milliken |access-date=20 November 2025 |language=en |date=1844}}</ref> |
It appears that Andrew had six sons. His eldest son, named Francis Samuel Johnston, inherited most of the properties of his extended family including those of the architect Francis Johnston via his wife Anne’s will while his second son also named Andrew Johnston is also mentioned in the will as well as Doctor George Johnston (1814-89) and the Reverend Richard Johnston.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chancery |first1=Ireland High Court of |last2=Connor |first2=Henry |last3=Lawson |first3=James Anthony |title=Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Sugden |url=https://www.google.ie/books/edition/Reports_of_Cases_Argued_and_Determined_i/qYIDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=francis+johnston+eccles+street&pg=PA106&printsec=frontcover |publisher=A. Milliken |access-date=20 November 2025 |language=en |date=1844}}</ref> |
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His son George Johnston later became Master of the Lying in Hospital from 1868-75.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Greta |title=‘Doctors for Export’: Medical Migration from Ireland c.1860 to 1960 |url=https://www.google.ie/books/edition/Doctors_for_Export/raxxEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=francis+johnston+eccles+street&pg=PA102&printsec=frontcover |publisher=BRILL |access-date=20 November 2025 |language=en |date=13 September 2021}}</ref> |
His son George Johnston later became Master of the Lying in Hospital from 1868-75.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Greta |title=‘Doctors for Export’: Medical Migration from Ireland c.1860 to 1960 |url=https://www.google.ie/books/edition/Doctors_for_Export/raxxEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=francis+johnston+eccles+street&pg=PA102&printsec=frontcover |publisher=BRILL |access-date=20 November 2025 |language=en |date=13 September 2021}}</ref> |
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Andrew Johnston (1770 – 28 August 1833)[2] was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1817.[3]
He was a half-brother of the architects Francis Johnston and Richard Johnston through his father, the architect William Johnston.[4]
Career
Andrew Johnston was to surgeon William Hartigan in 1791 and he entered upon his professional studies in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), then situated in Mercer Street. On 3 December 1794, he passed the qualifying examination of the RCSI. He was commissioned as surgeon ” to His Majesty’s 44th Regiment, from the 1st Battalion of the Essex Regiment,” and he served in the West Indies and also in Egypt.
He retired from the army in 1803, and was admitted to the Membership of RCSI in 1805.
He was elected in 1813 Professor of Surgical Pharmacy, and afterwards (in 1819) Professor of Midwifery.
For many years Johnston was Treasurer to the College.[2]
He owned houses at Eccles Street which were developed along with his brother Francis.[5]
It appears that Andrew had six sons. His eldest son, named Francis Samuel Johnston, inherited most of the properties of his extended family including those of the architect Francis Johnston via his wife Anne’s will while his second son also named Andrew Johnston is also mentioned in the will as well as Doctor George Johnston (1814-89) and the Reverend Richard Johnston.[6]
His son George Johnston later became Master of the Lying in Hospital from 1868-75.[7][8]
See also
References
- ^ Dublin delineated in twenty-six views, etc. Dublin: G. Tyrrell, 1837. p. 49.
- ^ a b Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886) History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c Dublin: Fannin & Co. pp. 373-374.
- ^ RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ “Johnston, Francis”. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ “Dictionary of Irish Architects”. www.dia.ie. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ Chancery, Ireland High Court of; Connor, Henry; Lawson, James Anthony (1844). “Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During the Time of Lord Chancellor Sugden”. A. Milliken. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ Jones, Greta (13 September 2021). “‘Doctors for Export’: Medical Migration from Ireland c.1860 to 1960″. BRILL. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ “Johnston, George”. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
