John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso
John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso (died 24 June 1757) was a British peer.
St John was the son of Sir Andrew St John and his wife Jane Blois, daughter of Sir William Blois of Cockfield Hall, Suffolk. He was the uncle of Paulet St John, 8th Baron St John and succeeded his brother Rowland St John to the title of Baron St John of Bletso in 1722.[1]
St John married Elizabeth Crowley (the daughter of Sir Ambrose Crowley) of Greenwich on 6 March 1725.[2] Their children included:
- John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso
- Very Revd St Andrew St John, Dean of Worcester
- Captain Henry St John RN
- Barbara, who in 1764 became the second wife of George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry.[3]
- Jane, who married Humphrey Hall.[4]
References
- ↑ G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs (1949). The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant,. volume XI (revised ed.). London, U.K.: The St Catherine Press. p. 337.
- ↑ Bedford Borough Council Community Archives - The St John Family
- ↑ Burke's Peerage (1939 edn), s.v. St. John.
- ↑
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by Rowland St John |
Baron St John of Bletso 1722–1757 |
Succeeded by John St John |
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