Cuthbert Johnson

Cuthbert William Johnson (21 September 1799 – 8 March 1878) was an English barrister and agricultural writer. Life Born at Bromley, Kent, on 21 September 1799, he was the eldest surviving son of William Johnson of Liverpool, and of Widmore House, Bromley, Kent. George William Johnson was his brother, and they were for some time employed together in their father's salt-works at Heybridge, Maldon, Essex. With his brother, Johnson was admitted a member of Gray's Inn on 6 January 1832, and called to the bar on 8 June 1836. He had chambers at 14 Gray's Inn Square, went the western circuit, and attended the Winchester and Hampshire sessions. Johnson was widely known as an authority on agricultural matters. He took part in the agitation which led to the passing of the Public Health Act 1848, and was for many years chairman of the Croydon local board of health. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society on 10 March 1842. He died at his house, Waldronhurst, Croydon, on 8 March 1878.