Alexander St John

Sir Alexander St John (died June 1657) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1629.

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 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 Anthony.[3]

In 1614 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford and was re-elected in 1621 and 1624. In 1626 and 1628 he was elected MP for Barnstaple. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[4]

St John married Margaret Draynor, the widow of Thomas Draynor and daughter of John Trye, of Hardwick, Gloucestershire. He survived her death in 1656 and caused a white marble monument, adorned with pilasters, entablature, pediment, and two Cupids, to be erected in her memory in the church of St Leonards, Shoreditch.[5] His eldest brother Oliver inherited the Barony and became Earl of Bolingbroke. His brother Beauchamp sat as MP for Bedford after him and his brother Anthony was MP for Wigan.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Archaeologia Cambrensis (1861)
  2. ↑ "Alexander St John (ST601A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ Knights of England
  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. 229–239.
  5. ↑ Robert Wilkinson Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historical Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, Charitable Foundations, Palaces, Halls, Courts, Processions, Places of Early Amusement, and Modern Present Theatres, in the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster, Volume 2 St. John's House, Hoxton
Parliament of England
Preceded by
Thomas Hawes
Sir Christopher Hatton		 Member of Parliament for Bedford
1614–1624
With: Richard Taylor 1621–1624		 Succeeded by
Richard Taylor
Sir Beauchamp St John
Preceded by
Pentecost Dodderidge
John Delbridge		 Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
1626–1629
With: John Delbridge		 Succeeded by
Parliament suspended until 1640
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