Henry St John (MP for Huntingdon)

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

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)
  2. Knights of England
  3. John Nichols The progresses, processions, and magnificent festivities of King Charles I Volume 3
  4. "ST. JOHN, Sir Henry (1590-c.1642), of Bletsoe, Beds. and St. Bartholomew-the-Great, London". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  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.  176-239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Huntingdon
1621–1622
With: Sir Miles Sandys, Bt 1621–1622
Sir Arthur Mainwaring 1624–1625
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Mainwaring
John Goldsborough