Thom's Irish Who's Who/Johnston, His Honour Judge

JOHNSTON, His Honour Judge; called to the Irish Bar, 1892; contested S. Derry as a Liberal Home Ruler. 1910; K.C., 1911; County Court Judge of Monaghan and Fermanagh, 1911, and of Monaghan and Louth, 1921. Member of the Pembroke Urban Council, 1911: Royal Irish Academy, 1921. Editor of The New Irish Jurist, 1899-1905, and of The Irish Law Times, 1906-1911. Educ.: National School, Magherafelt, Methodist College, Belfast, Queen's College, Belfast; M.A. of the Royal University, 1889. Exhibitions in Law, and LL.B., 1891. John Brooke Prizeman, King's Inns, 1892. Pubns.: Contributions in The Law Quarterly Review and other reviews: The Law of Local Government in Ireland; The Labourers Acts; Land Purchase and the Act of 1903: b. 1869; eldest son of James Johnston, J.P., Dunarnon, Belfast; m. 1894, Kathleen, second dau. of William King. Belfast: one son, b. in 1901. Recns.: walking, carpentering, bridge. Res.: 61 Lansdowne Road, Dublin. Club: National Liberal, London.