John Lawson Johnston
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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
"Dietetics" Johnston as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, February 1897
George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke, KBE, was a British businessman.
John Lawson Johnston
…Cannes, France, on 24 November 1900. His body was brought back to England and interred in a large mausoleum in West Norwood Cemetery. His second son George Lawson Johnston also managed the Bovril company and was raised to the peerage as Baron Luke…
Lord Luke in 1940