Richard Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone

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 licence 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 1790–1796 With: Sir James Murray Pulteney 1790–1796 Andrew Stuart 1790–1796 Thomas Jones 1790–1791 Sir James Johnstone 1791–1794 Gabriel Tucker Steward 1794–1796	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

References

^ Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1793 (33 Geo. 3). c. 1

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
www.thepeerage.com

[1] Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1793 (33 Geo. 3). c. 1

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