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Frederick William Johnston
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Sir Frederick William Johnston KCIE CSI ISO (1872–1947) was a colonial administrator in British India.
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He was born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, the son of the Rev. Alexander Orrock Johnston, and was educated at Kelvinside Academy, the University of Glasgow, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1894. He entered the Indian Civil Service in 1896.
He served as the Chief Commissioner of Balochistan in the 1920s during colonial rule, as well as the Chief Political Resident of the Persian Gulf.
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Preceded by Henry Beauchamp St. John | Chief Commissioner of Balochistan 15 September 1923 – 7 July 1926 | Succeeded by Edmond Henry Salt James |
Preceded by Lionel Berkeley Holt Haworth | Chief Political Resident of the Persian Gulf 1928–1929 | Succeeded by Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett |
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