Early
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland he studied at University of Edinburgh and later Magdalen College, Oxford.
In 1898, he entered into colonial service and worked in Hong Kong. After initial service in Hong Kong, Johnston was transferred to the British leased territory at Weihaiwei in 1906 on the coast of the Shandong Peninsula as a District Officer, working with Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart.
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