Alexander St John

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Sir Alexander St John (died June 1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1629.

St John was a 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 admitted fellow commoner at Queens' College, Cambridge on 9 November 1601.^[2] He was knighted on 5 August 1608 at Bletsoe together with his brother Anthony.^[3] Apart from Anthony, four other brothers, Oliver, Rowland, Beauchamp and Henry were to become MPs.^[4]

In 1614 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford and was re-elected in 1621 and 1624. In 1626 and 1628 he was elected MP for Barnstaple. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.^[5]

St John married Margaret Draynor, the widow of Thomas Draynor and daughter of John Trye, of Hardwick, Gloucestershire. He survived her death in 1656 and caused a white marble monument, adorned with pilasters, entablature, pediment, and two Cupids, to be erected in her memory in the church of St Leonards, Shoreditch.^[6] He left no children.

His eldest brother Oliver inherited the Barony and became Earl of Bolingbroke.

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References

↑ Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)
↑ "Alexander St John (ST601A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Knights of England
↑ "ST. JOHN, Sir Alexander (c.1585-1657), of Renhold, Beds. and Tawstock, Devon; later of Shoreditch, Mdx. and Woodford, Northants". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
↑ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
↑ "Robert Wilkinson Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historical Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, Charitable Foundations, Palaces, Halls, Courts, Processions, Places of Early Amusement, and Modern Present Theatres, in the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster, Volume 2 St. John's House, Hoxton". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Thomas Hawes Sir Christopher Hatton	Member of Parliament for Bedford 1614–1624 With: Richard Taylor 1621–1624	Succeeded by Richard Taylor Sir Beauchamp St John
Preceded by Pentecost Dodderidge John Delbridge	Member of Parliament for Barnstaple 1626–1629 With: John Delbridge	Parliament suspended until 1640

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[AC-1] Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)

[2] "Alexander St John (ST601A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Knights of England

[4] "ST. JOHN, Sir Alexander (c.1585-1657), of Renhold, Beds. and Tawstock, Devon; later of Shoreditch, Mdx. and Woodford, Northants". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[Willis-5] Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.

[6] "Robert Wilkinson Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historical Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, Charitable Foundations, Palaces, Halls, Courts, Processions, Places of Early Amusement, and Modern Present Theatres, in the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster, Volume 2 St. John's House, Hoxton". Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

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