Sir Charles Johnston, 1st Baronet explained

Honorific Suffix:	Bt
Sir Charles Johnston
Nationality:	English
Order:	Lord Mayor of London
Term Start:	1914
Term End:	1915
Predecessor:	Sir Vansittart Bowater
Successor:	Charles Wakefield

Sir Charles Johnston, 1st Baronet (3 May 1848 – 10 April 1933), was Lord Mayor of London for 1914 –15.^[1]

Prior to serving as Lord Mayor he was an Alderman and, in 1910–11, Sheriff of the City of London. In World War I he was instrumental in forming the 26th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Bankers) from City workers as a 'Pals battalion' of Kitchener's New Army, and served as its Honorary Colonel (1914–15).^[2]

He was created a Baronet in January 1916 which became extinct on his death.

Notes and References

1. News: Sir Charles Johnston, London's Executive, Thankful for American Friendship . . December 20, 1914 . 2009-12-22 .
2. https://archive.org/details/royalfusiliersin00onei/mode/2up H.C. O’Neill, The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War, London: Heinemann, 1922/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-84342-173-3, p. 22.