Notes Preface 'Dictionary ofNational Biography, 4th ed. (cited hereafter asDNB), s.v. Johnstone, George. 2Lord Loughborough to John Robinson, September 8, 1780, Marquess of Abergavenny, Abergavenny MSS, p. 36 (cited hereafter as Abergavenny MSS). 3Dunbar Rowland, Mississippi Provincial Archives, 1763-1766: English Dominion, (cited hereafter as MPAED). 4Johnstone to Pulteney, n.d., Pulteney Papers, no. 467, Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. Chapter 1 'John Burke, History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 2:302, and James Ralfe, The Naval Biography of Great Britain, 1:364. 2Sir James Johnstone to Professor Charles Mackie, October 18, November 23,1742, Laing MSS, La. II 91, Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh. 3William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the Year 1803, 20:343. 4Adm. 107/4, Public Record Office, London. It was common, ifillegal, for boys to have their names entered on ships' books without actually serving (see J. C. Beaglehole, The Life of Captain James Cook, p. 141) and it is possible that Johnstone "earned time" for a year in this way. All Admiralty documents are from the Public Record Office, London (abbreviated hereafter to P.R.O.), unless otherwise stated. 5George Murray (1706-85) entered the Royal Navy in 1721, was promoted to captain in 1740, and sailed with Anson but returned with the Pearl after reaching Cape Horn (Lord Anson, Lord Anson's Voyage Round the World 1740--1744, pp. 52, 92). Murray became a rear admiral in 1756, and on his brother's death in 1778, he became the sixth Lord Elibank. 6Town and Country Magazine 13 (Oct. 1781):513. The biographical sketch ofJohnstone in the notorious "Tete aTete" series in Town and Country Magazine is the only one apparently attempted in the eighteenth century. It is not as valuable as it might have been, since its aim was purely laudatory. Its probable author was Charles Caraccioli, an enemy of Clive who would have been uncritical of Johnstone because he, too, opposed Clive. Horace Bleakley, "Tete aTete" Portraits in 'The Town and Country Magazine,''' pp. 241-2. 7Ralfe, Naval Biography, 1:364. aDNB, s.v. Johnstone, George. 9AdmlUC 39, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. lOLondon Gazette, May 3, 1748. "Johnstone to a "lady of rank," November 14, 1751, Laing MSS, La. II. 73/64. l2The author of the sketch of Johnstone in Town and Country Magazine 13 (Oct. 1781):513-6 suggested that this course in self-education took place in 1762. More plausibly it began much earlier; Johnstone had more leisure after 1749 than in the period preceding his governorship of West Florida. 188 Notes to Pages 3-8 13Johnstone to William Johnstone Pulteney, Feb. 18, 1761, Pulteney Papers, no. 453. 14James Boswell, Boswell for the Defence, 1769-1774, p. 89. '5John Ramsay, Scotland and Scotsmen in the Eighteenth Century, 1:318-20. 16Johnstone to an unnamed lady, n.d., Laing MSS, La. II. 73. The lady referred to as Miss Pratville may be a Miss Pratveal who married Sir Charles Asgill, a future lord mayor of London, in 1755. See Gentleman's Magazine 25 (Dec. 1755):571. l7Town and Country Magazine 13 (Oct. 1781):514. 18Cf. Peregrine Pickle, who amused himself"with little intrigues, which, in the opinion ofa man of pleasure, do not affect his fidelity to the acknowledged sovereign of his soul," Tobias Smollett, Peregrine Pickle, p. 166. 19A document of November 10, 1753, whereby one Ann Ferguson conferred a power of attorney on Johnstone; Laing MSS, La. II. 73. 2°AdmlUB 89, National Maritime Museum, and Adm. 1/511. 2lAdm. 1/5296, pt. 1. 22Adm. 12/22. 23Arthur Forrest to John Cleveland, June 18, 1758. Original Letters Collected by William Upcott of the London Institution, "Naval Characters," vol. 2,1718-1756, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England (cited hereafter as Upcott Collection). I am very grateful to Dr. Robert R. Rea of Auburn University for detailed notes relating to Johnstone from this littleknown manuscript collection. 24Robert Beatson, Naval and Military Memoirs ofGreatBritain from 1729 to 1783,2:42-47. 25Forrest to Cleveland, June 18, 1758, Upcott Collection. 26Johnstone to Forrest, June 12, 1758, ibid. 27Cleveland to Forrest, August 28, 1758, ibid. 28Forrest to Cleveland, June 18, 1758, ibid. 29Sir Gilbert Elliott to James Johnstone, November 23, 1759, Laing MSS, La. II. 73/72. 30AdmlUT 217, National Maritime Museum. 3lFragmentary court-martial articles in rough draft in Johnstone's hand for the trial of Cookson, as well as the letter from James Douglas to Johnstone of January 6, 1759, which...