Family/Spouse: Archibald "with the beard" (2nd of Hilton) Johnston. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph (3rd of Hilton) Johnston died in 1683 in The Hirsel, Berwickshire, Scotland.
2. Janet Johnston

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(Research):Possibly this man
"George Winram of Liberton - Son of James Winram of Liberton was admitted advocate on the 20th December 1626. Being a friend of the Marquis of Hamilton he undertook in 1639 the somewhat dangerous task of carrying to London the petition of the General Assembly, which abolished episcopacy in 1638, justifying their proceedings, but expressing the utmost loyalty and submission. The petition was received, but the only answer it obtained, was the bitter remark of the king, "when they have broken my head they will put on my cowl". Mr Winram did considerable service to the cause of the covenant during his residence in England. His public letters, liable to be opened, "were full of great fears and English brags;" but his secret despatches betrayed the true state of the court, which, says Baillie, "was not very terrible". He was one of the commissioners for the shire of Edinburgh, in the Parliaments of 1643 and 1649, and a member of the various committees of estate and war, which were formed from time to time for the defence of the country. He was appointed colonel of one of the regiments for the county of Edinburgh, in the army ordered to be raised for the defence of the country in February 1649, and in the following month was sent by the General Assembly as a ruling elder, to accompany the Commissioners from the Estates appointed to treat with Charles II. then in Holland, as to the terms on which he could be allowed to assume the government of Scotland. These not proving satisfactory to the king, Mr Winram was again sent as the bearer of a letter from the Estates, urging Charles to comply with their requests, in November 1649, and he was a third time employed by the Estates, in conjunction with the Earl of Cassilis and others, to conclude the treaty of Breda. He was admitted as an Ordinary Lord on the 22d June 1649, immediately after his first return from the continent. Lord Libbertoun was present at the battle of Dunbar, and was so severely wounded there, that he died within eight days afterwards."