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'''Rowland St John''' (1588 – 5 August 1645) was an English politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] in 1614 and 1625. |
'''Sir Rowland St John''' [[Knight of the Bath|KB]] (1588 – 5 August 1645) was an English politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] in 1614 and 1625. |
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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 [[Odington]], [[Gloucestershire]].<ref>[[William Courthope (officer of arms)|William Courthope]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ru4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA244 ''Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'']</ref> He [[matriculated]] as a [[fellow commoner]] at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] in Easter 1604, and was probably the Rowland St John who received an [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|MA]] from [[St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1614.<ref>{{Acad|id=ST604R|name=Rowland St John}}</ref> In 1614, St John was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency)|Higham Ferrers]]. He purchased the manor of [[Woodford, Northamptonshire]] from Simon Mallory in 1621.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66299 'Parishes: Woodford', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3 (1930), pp. 255-262. Date accessed: 25 November 2011]</ref> In 1625 he was elected MP for [[Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tiverton]]. |
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]].<ref>[[William Courthope (officer of arms)|William Courthope]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ru4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA244 ''Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'']</ref> He [[matriculated]] as a [[fellow commoner]] at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] in Easter 1604, and was probably the Rowland St John who received an [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)|MA]] from [[St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1614.<ref>{{Acad|id=ST604R|name=Rowland St John}}</ref> |
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In 1614, St John was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency)|Higham Ferrers]]. He purchased the manor of [[Woodford, Northamptonshire]] from Simon Mallory in 1621.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66299 'Parishes: Woodford', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3 (1930), pp. 255-262. Date accessed: 25 November 2011]</ref> In 1625 he was elected MP for [[Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)|Tiverton]]. He was invested a [[Knight of the Bath]] in 1616. |
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St John married Sybilla Vaughan, daughter of John Vaughan of Hargast, Herefordshire. His son Oliver was created a [[St John Baronets|baronet]] on 28 June 1660.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=seAKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA391&lpg=PA391&dq=%22Oliver+St+John%22+baronet&source=bl&ots=oshJfE8pU_&sig=pcPJbLzaohG20fvK3v1WieZ3wBA&hl=en&ei=0bK5TYipOYHigham FerrershQfUwsGLCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Oliver%20St%20John%22%20baronet&f=false John Burke ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of Great Britain, Volume 2'']</ref> |
St John married Sybilla Vaughan, daughter of John Vaughan of Hargast, Herefordshire. His son Oliver was created a [[St John Baronets|baronet]] on 28 June 1660.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=seAKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA391&lpg=PA391&dq=%22Oliver+St+John%22+baronet&source=bl&ots=oshJfE8pU_&sig=pcPJbLzaohG20fvK3v1WieZ3wBA&hl=en&ei=0bK5TYipOYHigham FerrershQfUwsGLCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Oliver%20St%20John%22%20baronet&f=false John Burke ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of Great Britain, Volume 2'']</ref> |
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His five brothers, [[Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke|Oliver]], [[Anthony St John|Anthony]], [[Alexander St John|Alexander]], [[Beauchamp St John|Beauchamp]] and [[Henry St John (MP for Huntingdon)|Henry]] all became MPs. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/st-john-rowland-1588-1645|title=ST. JOHN, Rowland (1588-1645), of Bletsoe, Beds. and Woodford, Northants.|publisher=History of Parliament Trust|accessdate=14 August 2019}} </ref> |
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Revision as of 20:42, 14 August 2019
Sir Rowland St John KB (1588 – 5 August 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 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 matriculated as a fellow commoner at Queens' College, Cambridge in Easter 1604, and was probably the Rowland St John who received an MA from St John's College, Cambridge in 1614.[2]
In 1614, St John was elected Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers. He purchased the manor of Woodford, Northamptonshire from Simon Mallory in 1621.[3] In 1625 he was elected MP for Tiverton. He was invested a Knight of the Bath in 1616.
St John married Sybilla Vaughan, daughter of John Vaughan of Hargast, Herefordshire. His son Oliver was created a baronet on 28 June 1660.[4]
His five brothers, Oliver, Anthony, Alexander, Beauchamp and Henry all became MPs. [5]
References
- ^ William Courthope, Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- ^ "Rowland St John (ST604R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ 'Parishes: Woodford', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3 (1930), pp. 255-262. Date accessed: 25 November 2011
- ^ FerrershQfUwsGLCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Oliver%20St%20John%22%20baronet&f=false John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of Great Britain, Volume 2
- ^ "ST. JOHN, Rowland (1588-1645), of Bletsoe, Beds. and Woodford, Northants". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2019.