Note 866 — Chapter XXX
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The author of the Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745–6. He was descended, it is believed, from an ancient and powerful family, the Johnstones of Wamphray. When the news of the prince’s landing was confirmed at Edinburgh, where he lived with his father, Johnstone repaired to Duncrub, the seat of Lord Rollo, whose son was married to Johnstone’s sister; and on the 6th of September, went from Duncrub to Perth, accompanied by two of Lord Rollo’s daughters, who presented him to their relations the Duke of Perth and Lord George Murray.—Quarterly Review, No. lxxi. p. 211. Memoirs, 2d edit. p. 16.