| The Earl of Stradbroke | |
| Honorific Prefix: | KStJ |
| Office: | Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk |
| Term Start: | 1948 |
| Term End: | 1978 |
| Successor: | Sir Joshua Rowley, Bt |
| Birth Name: | John Anthony Alexander Rous |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1903 |
| Alma Mater: | Royal Naval College, Osborne Royal Naval College, Dartmouth |
| Parents: | George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke Helena Fraser |
| Children: | 2 |
| Relations: | James Keith Fraser (grandfather) |
John c Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke, KStJ (1 April 1903 - 14 July 1983), was a British nobleman, the son of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke. He was styled Viscount Dunwich from birth until acceding to the earldom in 1947.[1]
He was the eldest son of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke and the former Helena Violet Alice Fraser (d. 1949). His mother was the daughter of Lt.-Gen. James Keith Fraser (a younger son of Lt.-Col. Sir James John Fraser, 3rd Baronet).
He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[2]
He served from 1917 to 1928 and again, through World War II, between 1939 and 1945. He was Secretary to the Governor of Victoria from 1946 to 1947. He was a member of East Suffolk County Council from 1931 to 1945; and an Alderman from 1953 to 1964. In 1978 he was awarded the Scout Association's prestigious Silver Wolf Award.
On 15 January 1929, Rous married Barbara Grosvenor, daughter of Lt.-Col. Lord Arthur Hugh Grosvenor and Helen Sheffield (a daughter of Sir Robert Sheffield, 5th Baronet). Her maternal grandparents were Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and Lady Constance Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (fourth daughter of the 2nd Duke of Sutherland). Together, they were the parents of:[2]
He was succeeded by his brother William Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke.[2]