Beauchamp St John

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Sir Beauchamp St John (17 March 1594 – 1667) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1653. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.

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 March 1609/10, and was conferred an MA in 1612/3, on the occasion of the King's visit. On 5 May 1613, he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn.^[2] He was knighted on 24 July 1619 at Bletsoe together with his brother Henry, later an MP.^[3]^[4] Apart from Henry, four other brothers, Oliver, Rowland, Anthony and Alexander were all to become MPs.^[5]

In 1621 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire. He was elected MP for Bedford in 1626 and again in 1628. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.^[6] In 1625 he inherited through his wife the manor of Tilbrook.^[7]^[8]

In April 1640, St John was elected MP for Bedford in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected for Bedford for the Long Parliament in November 1640, where he was active at least in 1643 and remained in support of the parliamentary cause.

St John on 13 October 1613 married Rebecca Hawkins the daughter of William Hawkins of Tilbrook.^[7] They had a son, who died young, and a daughter.

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

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References

↑ Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)
↑ "Beauchamp St John (ST609B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Knights of England
↑ John Nichols The progresses, processions, and magnificent festivities of King Charles I Volume 3
↑ "ST. JOHN, Sir Beauchamp (1594-1667), of Tilbrook, Beds". 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.
1 2 Parishes: Tilbrook, A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3 (1912), pp. 171-175.Date accessed: 14 February 2011
↑ Victoria County History reports that St John died in 1631, quoting source "Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccxxix, 132." However Sir Beauchamp was recorded in Parliament in the 1640s and there is no other candidate for the name.

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Oliver Luke Henry Grey	Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1621–1622 With: Sir Oliver Luke	Succeeded by Sir Oliver Luke Sir Oliver St John
Preceded by Sir Alexander St John Richard Taylor	Member of Parliament for Bedford 1626–1629 With: Richard Taylor	Parliament suspended until 1640
Vacant Parliament suspended since 1629	Member of Parliament for Bedford 1640–1653 With: Sir Samuel Luke	Not represented in Rump Parliament

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[AC-1] Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)

[2] "Beauchamp St John (ST609B)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Knights of England

[4] John Nichols The progresses, processions, and magnificent festivities of King Charles I Volume 3

[5] "ST. JOHN, Sir Beauchamp (1594-1667), of Tilbrook, Beds". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[Willis-6] 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.

[VCH-7] 1 2 Parishes: Tilbrook, A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 3 (1912), pp. 171-175.Date accessed: 14 February 2011

[8] Victoria County History reports that St John died in 1631, quoting source "Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccccxxix, 132." However Sir Beauchamp was recorded in Parliament in the 1640s and there is no other candidate for the name.

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