There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Johnson, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2010 one creation is extant, one dormant and one extinct.

The Johnson Baronetcy, of New York in North America, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 27 November 1755 for the soldier William Johnson

Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet

Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire. As a young man, Johnson came to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren, which was located amidst the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League...

. A descendant of the O'Neill dynasty, his family name was originally MacShane (Irish

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

: Mac Seáin), of which Johnson is a translation. The baronetcy was awarded for his victories at Crown Point

Crown Point, New York

Crown Point is a town in Essex County, New York, USA. The population was 2,119 at the 2000 census. The name of the town is a direct translation of the original French name, "Point au Chevalure."...

 and the Battle of Lake George

Battle of Lake George

The Battle of Lake George was fought on 8 September 1755, in the north of the Province of New York. The battle was part of a campaign by the British to expel the French from North America in the French and Indian War....

 earlier that year. His son, the second Baronet, was a loyalist leader during the American Revolution

American Revolution

The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...

. Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Guy Johnson

Guy Johnson

Guy Johnson was an Irish-born military officer and diplomat for the Crown during the American War of Independence. He had migrated to the Province of New York as a young man and worked with his uncle, Sir William Johnson, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the northern colonies. He was...

, nephew of the first Baronet, was a distinguished soldier. John Ormsby Johnson, son of Colonel Charles Christopher Johnson, seventh son of the second Baronet, was a Vice-Admiral.

The Johnson Baronetcy, of Bath, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 December 1818 for Henry Johnson, a Colonel in the 5th Regiment and Governor of Ross Castle

Ross Castle

Ross Castle is the ancestral home of the O'Donoghue clan though it is better known for its association with the Brownes of Killarney who owned it until recently...

. He was the younger brother of Sir John Johnson-Walsh, 1st Baronet, of Ballykilcavan (see Johnson-Walsh Baronets

Johnson-Walsh Baronets

The Johnson-Walsh Baronetcy, of Ballykilcavan, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 24 February 1775 for John Allen Johnson, who changed his name by royal licence in 1809 to John Allen Johnson-Walsh. He was the elder brother of Sir Henry Johnson, 1st Baronet, of Bath . He was...

). The second Baronet fought with distinction in the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...

. The fourth Baronet was a Brigadier-General in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. The regiment's traditions and history are now maintained by The Rifles.-The 51st Foot:...

. The presumed seventh Baronet never successfully established his claim to the title and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. Likewise, as of 13 June 2007 the presumed eighth Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy dormant since 1986. For more information, follow this link.

Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Sir Charles Cooper Johnson, sixth son of the second Baronet, was a General in the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

. His son Eliot Philipse Johnson was a Brigadier-General in the British Army. The latter was the father of the presumed seventh Baronet.

The Johnson Baronetcy, of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 November 1909 for the Irish lawyer and politician William Moore Johnson

Sir William Moore Johnson, 1st Baronet

Rt Hon Sir William Moore Johnson, 1st Baronet KC was an Irish barrister and judge.He was the son of Rev. William Johnson, chancellor of the Diocese of Cloyne. He was educated at Dublin University, entered Lincoln's Inn in 1849, and was called to the Irish bar four years later...

. The title became extinct on his death in 1919.

Johnson Baronets, of New York (1755)

• Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire. As a young man, Johnson came to the Province of New York to manage an estate purchased by his uncle, Admiral Peter Warren, which was located amidst the Mohawk, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League...
  
   (1715-1774)
• Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (1742-1830)
• Sir Adam Gordon Johnson, 3rd Baronet (1781-1843)
• Sir William George Johnson, 4th Baronet (1830-1908)
• Sir Edward Gordon Johnson, 5th Baronet (1867-1957)
• Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Baronet (1907-1975)
• Sir Peter Colpoys Paley Johnson, 7th Baronet (1930-2003)
• Sir (Colpoys) Guy Johnson, 8th Baronet (b. 1965)

Johnson Baronets, of Bath (1818)

• Sir Henry Johnson, 1st Baronet (1748-1835)
• Sir Henry Allen Johnson, 2nd Baronet (1785-1860)
• Sir Henry Franks Frederic Johnson, 3rd Baronet (1819-1883)
• Sir Henry Allen William Johnson, 4th Baronet (1855-1944)
• Sir Henry Allen Beaumont Johnson, 5th Baronet (1887-1965)
• Sir Victor Philipse Hill Johnson, 6th Baronet (1905-1986)
• Sir Robin Eliot Johnson, 7th Baronet (1929-1989)
• Sir Patrick Eliot Johnson, 8th Baronet (b. 1955)