Creation: let. pat. 13 Jan 1558/9

Family name: St John

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Arms:

Argent on a Chief Gules two Mullets Or

Crest:

On a Mount Vert a Falcon rising Or belled of the last ducally gorged Gules

Supporters:

On either side a Monkey proper

Motto:

Data Fata Secutus (Following his allotted fate)

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Oliver [St John], 1st Baron St John of Bletso

only son of Sir John St John, of Bletso, co. Bedford, de jure Baron Beauchamp of Bletso, by his wife Margaret Waldegrave, dau. of Sir William Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, co. Suffolk

born

mar. (1)

bef. Jan 1548/9 Agnes Fisher, dau. of John Fisher, and grandau. and hrss. of Sir Michael Fisher, of Elstow, co. Bedford

mar. (2)

Elizabeth .....

died

bef. 23 May 1582

created

13 Jan 1558/9 Baron St John of Bletso

suc. by

son by first wife

John [St John], 2nd Baron St John of Bletso

born

mar.

Catherine Dormer (d. 23 Mar 1614/5), dau. of Sir William Dormer, of Elthorpe, co. Buckingham, by his second wife Dorothy Catesby, dau. of Anthony Catesby, of Whiston, co. Northampton

died

s.p.m.s. 23 Oct 1596

suc. by

brother

Oliver [St John], 3rd Baron St John of Bletso

born

mar.

Dorothy Rede (d. 1605), dau. and hrss. of Sir John Rede, of Odington, co. Gloucester

bur.

28 Jun 1618

suc. by

son

Oliver [St John], 4th Baron St John of Bletso later 1st Earl of Bolingbroke

created

28 Dec 1624 Earl of Bolingbroke

The Barony of St John of Bletso was held by the Earls of Bolingbroke from 28 Dec 1624 to 5 Oct 1711, when on the death of Paulet [St John], 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke and 6th Baron St John of Bletso, the Earldom of Bolingbroke became extinct and the Barony of St John of Bletso passed to his second cousin twice removed:

Paulet St Andrew [St John], 7th Baron St John of Bletso

posthumous son of Sir St Andrew St John, 3rd Bt., of Woodford, co. Northampton (by his wife Anne James, dau. of Sir William James, of Kirlings, co. Suffolk), 1st son of Sir St Andrew St John, 2nd Bt., of Woodford, co. Northampton (by his wife Jane Blois, only dau. of Sir William Blois, of Cockfield Hall, co. Suffolk), 1st son of Sir Oliver St John, 1st Bt., of Woodford, co. Northampton (by his wife Barbara St Andrew, dau. and cohrss. of John St Andrew, of Gotham, co. Northampton), 1st son of Hon Sir Rowland St John MP (by his wife Sybilla Vaughan, dau. of John Vaughan, of Hargast, co Hereford), 4th son of Oliver [St John], 3rd Baron St John

born

1711

died

10 May 1714

suc. by

uncle

note

suc. his father on his birth as 4th Baronet of Bletso

William [St John], 8th Baron St John of Bletso

born

died

11 Oct 1720

suc. by

brother

Rowland [St John], 9th Baron St John of Bletso

born

died

4 Jul 1722

suc. by

brother

John [St John], 10th Baron St John of Bletso

born

mar.

6 Mar 1724/5 Elizabeth Crowley (d. 24 Oct 1769), 5th dau. of Alderman Sir Ambrose Crowley, of Greenwich, co. Kent, by his wife Mary Owen, dau. of Charles Owen, of Condover, co. Shropshire

died

24 Jun 1757

suc. by

son

John [St John], 11th Baron St John of Bletso

born

15 Nov 1725

mar.

13 Dec 1755 Susannah Louisa Simond (d. 17 Oct 1805), dau. and cohrss. of Peter Simond, of Winchester Street, London

died

27 Apr 1767

suc. by

son

Henry Beauchamp [St John], 12th Baron St John of Bletso

born

2 Aug 1758

mar.

2 Dec 1780 Emma Maria Elizabeth Whitbread (d. 10 Jul 1825), 2nd dau. of Samuel Whitbread, of Cardington Park, co. Bedford, by his first wife Harriet Hayton, dau. of William Hayton, of Ivinghoe

died

s.p.m. 19 Dec 1805

suc. by

brother

St Andrew [St John], 13th Baron St John of Bletso

born

22 Aug 1759

mar.

16 Jul 1807 Louisa Rouse-Boughton (mar. (2) 4 Aug 1823 Rt Hon Sir John Vaughan, Justice of the Common Pleas;  d. 9 Jul 1860), 1st dau. of Sir Charles William Rouse-Boughton, 9th Bt., by his wife Catherine Hall, only dau. and hrss. of William Pearce Hall, of Downton Hall, co. Shropshire

died

15 Oct 1817

suc. by

son

St Andrew Beauchamp [St John], 14th Baron St John of Bletso

born

8 Nov 1811

mar.

12 Mar 1838 Eleanor Hussey (d. 28 Nov 1899), 2nd dau. of Vice Adm Sir Richard Hussey Mowbray later Hussey KCB GCMG, of Wood Walton, by his wife Emma Hobson, dau. of William Hobson, of Markfield, co. Middlesex

died

27 Jan 1874

suc. by

son

St Andrew [St John], 15th Baron St John of Bletso

born

5 Oct 1840

mar.

25 Apr 1868 Ellen Georgiana Senior (mar. (2) 1889 Francis Savile Harry Judd, of Rickling, co. Essex;  d. 26 Dec 1890), yst. dau. of Edward Senior

died

s.p.m. 2 Nov 1887

suc. by

brother

Beauchamp Moubray [St John], 16th Baron St John of Bletso

born

4 Dec 1844

mar. (1)

4 Feb 1869 Helen Charlotte Thornton (d. 23 Mar 1909), 2nd dau. of Harry Thornton, of Kempston Grange, co. Bedford, by his wife Caroline Margaret Christie, dau. of John Christie

mar. (2)

26 Apr 1911 Ethel Susan Lutley (d. 3 Jan 1945), 2nd dau. of John Habington Lutley, of Brockhampton Park, co. Hereford

died

10 May 1912

suc. by

son by first wife

Henry Beauchamp Oliver [St John], 17th Baron St John of Bletso

born

24 Jun 1876

died

17 Oct 1920

suc. by

brother

Moubray St Andrew Thornton [St John], 18th Baron St John of Bletso

born

5 Nov 1877

mar. (1)

4 Oct 1905 Evelyn Geraldine Russell (d. 7 Dec 1918), 2nd dau. of Capt Andrew Hamilton Russell, of The Heath House, Petersfield, co. Sussex

mar. (2)

26 Sep 1923 Elizabeth May Sanford (widow of Col Edward Charles Ayshford Sanford CMG, of Nynehead Court, Wellington, co. Somerset;  d. 25 Oct 1978), dau. of Lloyd Walter Griffith, of Hurst Court, Ore, co. Sussex

died

28 Oct 1934

suc. by

son by first wife

John Moubray Russell [St John], 19th Baron St John of Bletso

born

3 Aug 1917

died

13 Apr 1976

suc. by

cousin

Andrew Beauchamp [St John], 20th Baron St John of Bletso

3rd son of Lt Col Hon Rowland Tudor St John (by his wife Katharine Madge Lockwood, dau. of Sir Frank Lockwood MP), 3rd son of Beauchamp Moubray [St John], 17th Baron St John of Bletso

born

23 Aug 1918

mar.

10 Dec 1955 Katharine von Berg, yst. dau. of Alfred von Berg, of Gonville House, Manor Fields, London

died

11 Feb 1978

suc. by

son

Anthony Tudor [St John], 21st Baron St John of Bletso

born

16 May 1957

mar.

16 Sep 1994 Dr Helen Jane Westlake, dau. of Michael Westlake, of Monkshill, Monkton Combe, Bath, co. Somerset

children

1. Hon Oliver Beauchamp St John (b. 11 Jul 1995)

2. Hon Alexander Andrew St John (b. 29 Aug 1996)

1. Hon Athene Emma St John (b. 24 Feb 1998)

note

elected to the House of Lords 1999

 Last updated 21 Apr 2003

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Titles:

21st Baron St John of Bletso

(England, let. pat. 13 Jan 1558/9)

18th Baronet, styled "of Bletso"

(England, let. pat. 28 Jun 1660)

Address:

97 Cadogan Gardens, London SW3 2RE

Woodlands, Llanishen, nr. Chepstow, Gwent NP6 6QQ

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