James Johnston (Secretary of State), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Secretary of State in Scotland
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About James Johnston (Secretary of State)
- James Johnston (1655 – 3 May 1737 Bath), of Orleans House, Twickenham, Middlesex, was a Scottish diplomat who was envoy extraordinary to Prussia from 1690 to 1692 and an office holder who was Secretary of State, Scotland from 1692 to 1696 and Lord Clerk Register from 1704 to 1705.
- He sat as a Tory politician in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1713.
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