Reginald Johnston
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Sir Reginald Johnston KCMG, CBE |
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13 October 1874 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 6 March 1938 (aged 63) Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Resting place | Ashes scattered |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
University of Edinburgh Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Known for | Tutor to Puyi, the last emperor of China |
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston, KCMG, CBE (13 October 1874–6 March 1938) was a Scottish academic and diplomat who served as the tutor and advisor to Puyi, the last Emperor of China and as the last colonial governor of Weihaiwei.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he studied at University of Edinburgh and later Magdalen College, Oxford.
In 1898, he entered into colonial service and worked in Hong Kong. After initial service in Hong Kong, Johnston was transferred to the British leased territory at Weihaiwei in 1906 on the coast of the Shandong Peninsula as a District Officer, working with Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart.
In 1919, he was appointed tutor of thirteen-year-old Puyi who still lived inside the Forbidden City in Beijing as a non-sovereign monarch.
As the Scottish-born tutor to the Dragon Emperor, Johnston and Isabel Ingram, daughter of an American missionary and the empress's tutor, were the only foreigners in history to be allowed inside the inner court of the Qing Dynasty. Johnston carried high imperial titles and lived in both the Forbidden City and the New Summer Palace.
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