Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 1st Baronet (21 September 1732 – 14 July 1807) was a British Member of Parliament.

Born Richard Johnstone he was the son of Colonel John Johnstone (d. 1741), second son of Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet, of Westerhall. His mother was Charlotte, daughter of John van den Bempde of Hackness Hall in Hackness, near Scarborough, Yorkshire. In 1793 he assumed by Act of Parliament his maternal grandfather's surname of Vanden-Bempde[1] but in 1795 he was authorised by Royal license to resume the name of Johnstone in addition to those of Vanden-Bempde. Vanden-Bampde-Johnstone was elected to the House of Commons for Weymouth in 1790, a seat he held until 1796. In 1795 he was created a Baronet, of Hackness Hall in the North Riding of the County of York. He died in July 1807, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John. His grandson Sir Harcourt Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 3rd Baronet, was raised to the peerage as Baron Derwent in 1881.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
Welbore Ellis
John Purling
Sir Thomas Rumbold
Gabriel Steward
Member of Parliament for Weymouth
with Sir James Murray Pulteney 17901796
Andrew Stuart 1790 1796
Thomas Jones 17901791
Sir James Johnstone 17911794
Gabriel Tucker Steward 17941796

17901796
Succeeded by
Sir James Murray Pulteney
Andrew Stuart
Gabriel Tucker Steward
William Garthshore
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
New creation
Baronet
(of Hackness Hall)
Succeeded by
John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone

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