George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke, KBE, was a British businessman.
Lord Luke in 1940
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John Lawson Johnston was a Scottish entrepreneur and the creator of Bovril. He was born in 29 Main Street, Roslin, Midlothian. A memorial plaque is on the property and can be seen above the door. The
George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke
…Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke, KBE (9 September 1873 – 23 February 1943), was a British businessman. Luke was born in Edinburgh, the second son of John Lawson Johnston, a butcher who became a beef stock manufacturer and the founder of Bovril Ltd, and Elizabeth, daughter of George Lawson, a biscuit manufacturer in…
"Dietetics" Johnston as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1897