Henry St John (MP for Huntingdon) explained

Henry St John
Office1:Member of Parliament for Huntingdon
Term1:1621
1625-1625
Death Date:c.
Father:Oliver St John
Relatives:Alexander St John (brother)
Oliver St John (brother)
Anthony St John (brother)
Beauchamp St John (brother)
Rowland St John (brother)
Oliver St John (grandfather)

Sir Henry St John (1590-c.1642) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625.

Biography

St John was a younger son of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Dorothy Reid, daughter of Sir John Rede or Reid, of Odington, Gloucestershire.[1] He was knighted on 24 July 1619 at Bletsoe together with his brother Beauchamp, MP.[2] [3] Apart from Beauchamp, four other brothers, Oliver, Rowland, Anthony and Alexander were to become MPs. [4]

In 1621 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon. He was re-elected MP for Huntingdon in 1624 and again in 1625.[5]

St John died without issue.[1] His eldest brother Oliver inherited the Barony and became Earl of Bolingbroke.

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/stream/archaeologiacam07moorgoog#page/n25/mode/1up Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)
  2. https://archive.org/stream/knightsofengland02shawuoft#page/n181/mode/2up Knights of England
  3. https://archive.org/details/progressesproces01nich_0/page/557 John Nichols The progresses, processions, and magnificent festivities of King Charles I Volume 3
  4. Web site: ST. JOHN, Sir Henry (1590-c.1642), of Bletsoe, Beds. and St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London. History of Parliament Trust. 14 August 2019.
  5. 1. 2. 176-239.