Career
Educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary, Johnson was commissioned into the Bengal artillery on 10 June 1842. He served as assistant adjutant-general at the Siege of Lucknow in Autumn 1857 during the Indian Rebellion.
Educated at Addiscombe Military Seminary, Johnson was commissioned into the Bengal artillery on 10 June 1842. He served as assistant adjutant-general at the Siege of Lucknow in Autumn 1857 during the Indian Rebellion.
He became Quartermaster-General in India in July 1873, Adjutant-General in India in March 1874 and a member of council of the Secretary of State for India in October 1874. He went on to be Military Member of the Governor-General of India"s Council in March 1877 and Director-General of Military Education at the War Office in December 1884 before retiring in January 1891.