An exceptional appointment was that of the Scottish Sir Archibald Johnstone of Warriston.

The Restored Rump was avowedly an English Parliament only, treating the union with Scotland as a business yet to be consummated.

The election of a single Scotchman among the non-Parliamentary members of the Council was like a pledge that Scottish interests should not meanwhile be neglected.
His election was by the recommendation of his friend Vane, who probably knew that Johnstone was by this time a _bona fide_ Republican.

More questionable appointments, from the Republican point of view, were those of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper and Sir Horatio Townshend.

The second, a cousin of Fairfax, and one of the wealthiest men in Norfolk, was in secret communication with Charles II., and had express permission from him to accept the present appointment.[1] [Footnote 1: Commons Journals, May 13-16, 1659; Markham's Fairfax, 375; Baillie's Letters, III.