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 edit
- ^ 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.