Henry St John

Sir Henry St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1625.

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 knighted on 24 July 1619 at Bletsoe together with his brother Beauchamp.[2][3]

In 1621 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Huntingdon. He was re-elected MP for Huntingdon in 1624 and again in 1625.[4]

St John died without issue.[1]

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. 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. onepage&q&f&#61, false 176-239.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Sir Christopher Hatton
Sir Miles Fleetwood
Member of Parliament for Huntingdon
1621–1622
With: Sir Miles Sandys, 1st Baronet 1621–1622
Sir Arthur Mainwaring 1624–1625
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Mainwaring
John Goldsborough
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