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[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] '''Sir Maurice Robert Johnston''' [[Order of the Bath{{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB]] [[Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]}} (born 27 October 1929)<ref name=ww/> is thea formerretired Deputy[[British Army]] officer. He served as [[Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements)]], 1981–1982from 1981 to 1982, and [[Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire]] from 5 July 1996 to 10 November 2004.<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=54463|startpagepage=9361|date=11 July 1996|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref><ref name=LG57490>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=57490|startpagepage=15488|date=9 December 2004|accessdate=28 April 2008}}: appointment of successor, John Bush</ref>

The son of [[Brigadier]] Allen Leigh Johnston [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] and of his wife Gertrude Geraldine Templer, Johnston was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] and the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]].<ref name=ww>''Who's Who 2003'' (A. & C. Black, London, 2003), page 1146</ref> From Sandhurst he was commissioned into the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1949,<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=38703|supp=yes|startpage=4227y|endpagepages=42284227–4228|date=2 September 1949|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> promoted [[First Lieutenant|lieutenant]] in 1951,<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=39283|supp=yesy|startpagepage=4220|date=10 July 1951|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> and [[captainCaptain (OF-2)|captain]] in 1955,<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=40541|supp=yesy|startpagepage=4220|date=19 July 1955|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> when he also transferred to [[2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)|The Queen's Bays]].<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=40544|supp=yesy|startpagepage=4293|date=22 July 1955|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> He served in [[Germany]], [[Egypt]], [[Jordan]], [[Libya]], [[Northern Ireland]], and [[Borneo]] before being posted as an instructor at the [[Staff College, Camberley|Army Staff College]] from 1965 to 1967.<ref name=ww/> He was promoted [[major (United Kingdom)|major]] in 1962<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=42728|supp=yesy|startpagepage=5555|date=10 July 1962|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> and [[Lieutenant-Colonel colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant- colonel]] in 1967.<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=44357|supp=yesy|startpagepage=7383|date=30 June 1967|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> He was [[Military Assistant]] to the [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1968 to 1971 and commanding officer the [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]], 1971 to 1973,<ref name=ww/> before promotion to [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]],<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=46174|supp=yesy|startpagepage=267|date=7 January 1974|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> and command of the [[20th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Armoured Brigade]], from 1973 to 1975.<ref name=ww/> He was Brigadier (General Staff) at Headquarters UK Land Forces, from 1977 to 1978, joined the Senior Directing Staff of the [[Royal College of Defence Studies]] in 1979,<ref name=ww/> with acting promotion to [[Major-Generalgeneral (United Kingdom)|major- general]],<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=47745|supp=yesy|startpagepage=647|date=15 January 1979|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> was appointed [[Assistant Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Assistant Chief of the General Staff]] in 1980,<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=48100|supp=yesy|startpagepage=2625|date=18 February 1980|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> his rank was made substantive in 1980,<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=48229|supp=yesy|startpagepage=8995|date=23 June 1980|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> and [[Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff|Chief of the Defence Staff (Operational Requirements)]] in 1981, with promotion to [[Lieutenant-Generalgeneral (United Kingdom)|lieutenant- general]],<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=48511|supp=yesy|startpagepage=1561|date=2 February 1981|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> before retiring in 1984.<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=49619|supp=yesy|startpagepage=685|date=16 January 1984|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref>

After retirement from the [[British Army]] in 1982, Johnston was Managingmanaging Directordirector of Freshglen Limited (1984 to 1985) and of Unit Security Limited (1985 to 1988), then Chairman of Secondary Resources PLC, 1988 to 1991 and of Detention Corporation, 1988 to 1994. He was also a director of Partek Cargotec Limited from 1984, and of Shorrock Guards Limited from 1988 to 1991.<ref name=ww/>

He has served as a governor of [[Dauntsey's School]] since 1987 and was also a governor of [[St Mary's School (Calne)|St Mary's, Calne]], from 1988 to 1994, as well as supporting Wiltshire County Scouts. He was appointed a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of [[Wiltshire]] in 1990,<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=52202|startpagepage=11412|date=4 July 1990|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref> as [[High Sheriff of Wiltshire]] for 1993–1994,<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=53247|startpagepage=4679|date=15 March 1993|accessdate=30 November 2007}}</ref> and served as [[Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire]] from 1996 to 2004.<ref name=ww/><ref name=LG57490/><ref name=free/> As Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, he was an ''[[ex officio]]'' member of the Court of the [[University of Southampton]].<ref>[http://www.calendar.soton.ac.uk/arch2005_6/sectionII/part1.html The University Court] from Southampton University Calendar 2005, online at soton.ac.uk. (accessedRetrieved 24 April 2008)</ref>

*Johnston, Sir Maurice, 'More Power to the Centre: MOD Reorganisation' in ''RUSI Journal'', March 1983<ref>Smith, Paul, ''Government & Armed Forces in Britain 1856-19901856–1990'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003, {{ISBN |1-85285-144-9}}), [httphttps://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=UdXYCd0KGkoC&pg=PA250&lpg=PA250&dq=Johnston&sourcepg=web&ots=Y2HnKI3SUO&sig=IOaIqaQ5oCEdClH5xydVCwx4zw0&hl=enPA250 page 250] online at books.google.co.uk. (accessedRetrieved 24 April 2008)</ref>

*[[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE), 1971 [[New Year Honours]]<ref name=ww/><ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=45262|supp=yesy|startpagepage=5|date=31 December 1970|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref>

*[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] (KCB), 1982 New Year Honours<ref name=ww/><ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=48837|startpagepage=2|date=30 December 1981|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref>

*Colonel of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, 1986-19911986–1991<ref name=ww/><ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=50583|supp=yesy|startpagepage=8717|date=30 June 1986|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=52691|supp=yesy|startpagepage=16038|date=21 October 1991|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref>

*Knight of the [[Venerable Order of Saint John]], 1996<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette|issue=54586|startpagepage=15365|date=20 November 1996|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref>

*[[Freedom of the City|Honorary Freeman]] of the [[Borough]] of [[Swindon]], 2004<ref name=free>[http://archive.salisburyjournal.co.uk/2004/11/17/101351.html Free at last for Sir Maurice]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in ''[[Salisbury Journal]]'', 17 November 2004, online at salisburyjournal.co.uk. (accessedRetrieved 24 April 2008)</ref><ref>[http://ww2.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.asp?MId=1467&J=1 Agenda and Minutes]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} of Special Meeting of Swindon Borough Council on

Thursday, 18 November 2004, online at swindon.gov.uk. (accessedRetrieved 24 April 2008): "...this Council resolves by virtue of Section 249(5) of the [[Local Government Act 1972]], to hereby admit Sir Maurice Johnston, KCB, OBE, to be an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Swindon as a token of the high esteem in which he is held by the townspeople of the Borough and in recognition of his eminent services to the community."</ref>

*Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]], 2005<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=57509|supp=yesy |startpagepage=3|date=31 December 2004|accessdate=28 April 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://archive.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/2005/1/5/97332.html Sir Maurice is made a CVO]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} dated 5 January 2005, at wiltshiretimes.co.uk. (accessedRetrieved 24 April 2008)</ref>

*Patron of the [[Shaw Trust]]<ref>[http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/file_uploads/178_Annual_Accounts_2004-2005_(word_document).doc Annual Accounts of the Shaw Trust Ltd for year ended] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528211039/http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk/file_uploads/178_Annual_Accounts_2004-2005_(word_document).doc |date=28 May 2008 }} 2 April 2005 online at shaw-trust.org.uk. (accessedRetrieved 24 April 2008)</ref>

In 2004, Johnston was reported to live at Ivy House, [[Worton, Wiltshire|Worton]], near [[Devizes]].<ref name=free/><ref>[http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=7507 Johnston, Sir Maurice] at Burkes Peerage. (accessedRetrieved 12 May 2012)</ref>

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080511200418/http://www.swindonlink.com/morenews/news200110/spiritofswindon03.html Spirit of Swindon -– Report 4] at swindonlink.com, includes a photograph of Sir Maurice Johnston taken in November 2001

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