Sir Frederick John William Johnstone, 8th baronet (5 August 1841 – 20 June 1913) was an English racehorse owner and Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.

Johnstone was the son of Sir Frederick Johnstone, 7th Baronet and his wife Lady Louisa Craven, daughter of 1st Earl of Craven. He succeeded to the baronetcy

Johnstone Baronets

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 on birth, his father having died previously. He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

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 and Christ Church, Oxford

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. He joined the Dorset Yeomanry Cavalry in 1862.

Johnstone was a close friend of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and was named as a co-respondent in the divorce case involving Sir Charles Mordaunt and his wife, Harriet

Harriet Mordaunt

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 (1870) in which the Prince was called to give evidence.

At the 1874 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1874

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 Johnstone was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

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. He held the seat until 1885. He was a racehorse owner and his horses twice won the Epsom Derby

Epsom Derby

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 - St. Blaise

St. Blaise (horse)

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  in 1883 and Common

Common (horse)

Common was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from May to September 1891 he ran five times and won four races...

 in 1891.

Johnstone died at the age of 71.

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