Archibald Johnston, Lord Wariston was a Scottish judge and statesman.
Archibald Johnston
The Signing of the National Covenant. The Victorian painter William Hole places Alexander Henderson (standing on the gravestone) at the centre of events in 1638. Archibald Johnston is on the left.
Assertion of Liberty of Conscience by the Independents of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, 1644
Warriston was hanged at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh, now marked by these pavement setts.
Alexander Henderson (theologian)
Alexander Henderson was a Scottish theologian, and an important ecclesiastical statesman of his period. He is considered the second founder of the Reformed Church in Scotland. He was one of the most eminent ministers of the Church of Scotland in the most important period of her history, namely, previous to the middle of the seventeenth century.
Alexander Henderson (theologian)
The Signing of the National Covenant. The Victorian painter William Hole places Henderson (standing on the gravestone) at the centre of events in 1638. Archibald Johnston is on the left.
Moderator of the General Assembly, 1638
Alexander Henderson statue, west door of St. Giles