Anthony St John
Anthony St John | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Wigan | |
| In office 1624 1626 1628 | |
| Member of Parliament for Cheshire | |
| In office 1625 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1585 |
| Died | By 1651 |
| Spouse |
Katherine Herbert (m. 1610) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Rowland St John (brother) Oliver St John (brother) Alexander St John (brother) Beauchamp St John (brother) Henry St John (brother) Oliver St John (grandfather) |
| Education | Queens' College, Cambridge |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Parlimentarians |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Earl of Essex Regiment of Foot |
| Battles / wars | English Civil War |
Sir Anthony St John (c.1585-by 1651) was an English Member of Parliament (MP) who sat in the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.
Biography
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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 Oddington, 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 Alexander, also a future MP.[3] Apart from Alexander, four other brothers, Oliver, Rowland, Henry and Beauchamp were to become MPs.[4]
In 1624 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan and in 1625 MP for Cheshire.[5] He was returned again for Wigan in 1626 and 1628. St John was a captain in the Earl of Essex Regiment of Foot in 1642[6] and continued to support the parliamentary side during the Civil War.[7]
St John lived at the ancient home of the St John family at Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan. The house was sold in 1656 to Colonel Philip Jones.[citation needed]
St John married on 24 April 1610 at St. Andrew Holborn, London, England Lady Katherine Herbert,[8] the widow of Sir W. Herbert and a daughter of Morgan Aubrey, Salter of London, and by her had a son Oliver (who died at the age of 8) and Dorothy, who married Sir John Booth.[citation needed]
His eldest brother Oliver inherited the Barony and became Earl of Bolingbroke.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)
- ^ "Anthony St John (ST601A2)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Knights of England
- ^ "ST. JOHN, Sir Anthony (c.1585-by 1651), of Chester, Cheshire; formerly of Southill, 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.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Army under the Earl of Essex 14 September 1642" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ Journals of the House of Commons, Volume 4 By Great Britain House of Commons
- ^ London Metropolitan Archives, St Andrew Holborn, Register of marriages, 1559 - 1698, P69/AND2/A/002/MS06668, Item 001.