Baron St. John of Bletso

Oliver St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Bletso, was a descendant of Sir John St. John (died c. 1482 ), the eldest son of Sir John Oliver St. John of Bletso (died 1437 ), husband Margaret Boshan of Bletso ( d. 1482 ), daughter of John Boshan, de jure of the 3rd Baron Boshan of Bletso (d. 1412), and the granddaughter of Roger de Boshan (died 1380 ), who was called to parliament as Baron Boshan of Bletso (1363-1379 / 1380). Oliver St. John's successor was his son, John St. John, 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso (d. 1596). He was one of the judges who participated in the trial against Mary Stuart . He represented Bedfordshire in the House of Commons (1559-1567) and served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire (1588-1596). He died without leaving his sons, so he was succeeded by his younger brother, Oliver St. John, 3rd Baron (c. 1540-1618), a member of the House of Commons from Bedfordshire in 1588-1596. And the title of Baron Boshan of Bletso began to claim Ann St. John, the daughter of the 2nd Baron and wife of William Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham , the eldest son and heir of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham .

The son of the 3rd Baron, Oliver St. John, the 4th Baron St. John of Bletso (c. 1580-1646), received the title of Earl of Bolingbroke on December 28, 1624 . He also served in the House of Commons from Bedfordshire (1597–1611) and served as Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire (1619–1627, 1629–1636) and Bedfordshire (1639–1646). His eldest son and heir, Oliver St. John (1603–1642), was called to parliament in 1641 as Baron St. John of Bletso. But he died before his father (he died at the Battle of Edgill in 1642). He sat in the House of Commons of England from Bedfordshire in 1624-1629. Oliver St. John was known as the 5th Baron St. John of Bletso. The 1st Earl of Bolingbroke was succeeded by his grandson, Oliver St. John, the 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke, the 6th Baron St. John of Bletso (d. 1688). He was the son of Paulet St. John, the youngest son of the 1st Earl of Bolingbroke. The 2nd Earl died childless, he was succeeded by his younger brother, Paulet St. John, the 3rd Earl Bolingbroke (1634-1711), who was a member of the House of Commons from Bedford in 1663-1685. They were not married, and after his death in 1711 the title of Earl of Bolingbroke was interrupted.

But the baronial title was inherited by his second cousin, Sir Paullet St. Andrew St. John, the 5th baronet (d. 1714 ), who became the 8th baron St. John of Bletso. He was a descendant of the venerable Sir Rowland St. John, the fourth son of the 3rd Baron St. John of Bletso. St. Andrew St. John, the 14th Baron St. John of Bletso (1759–1817), was a member of the House of Commons from Bedfordshire (1780–1784, 1785–1800, 1801–1805). His grandson, Boshan Mowbray St. John, the 17th Baron St. John of Bletso (1844-1912), served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire in 1905-1912.

As of 2010, the holder of the title was the great-grandson of the latter, Anthony Tudor St. John, 22nd Baron St. John of Bletso (born 1957), who became his father's successor in 1978 . He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers who remained in the House of Lords after the 1999 House of Lords Act , where he occupies the benches of independent deputies.

The title of Baronet of St. John of Northwood in Northamptonshire (Baronet of England) was created on June 28, 1660 for Oliver St. John (1624-1662). He was the son of the Honorable Sir Rowland St. John, the fourth son of the 3rd Baron St. John of Bletso. His son, Sir St. Andrew St. John, 2nd Baronet (1658–1709), represented Northamptonshire in the House of Commons (1690–1695). The grandson of the latter, Sir Paulet St. Andrew St. John, 5th Baronet (d. 1714), in 1711 inherited the title of 8th Baron St. John of Bletso.

Oliver St. John (died c. 1497), the younger brother of the aforementioned Sir John St. John (died c. 1482 ), was the ancestor of the Viscounts Grandison and the Viscounts Bolingbroke and St. John .

• 1559-1582: Oliver St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Bletso (c. 1522 - April 21, 1582), son of Sir John St. John (d. 1562) ^[1]
• 1582-1596: John St. John, 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso (d. October 23, 1596), the eldest son of the previous ^[2]
• 1596–1618: Oliver St. John, 3rd Baron St. John of Bletso (c. 1540–1618), younger brother of the previous ^[3]
• 1618–1646: Oliver St. John, 4th Baron St. John of Bletso (c. 1580 - June 1646), the eldest son of the previous, Earl Bolingbroke since 1624 ^[4] .

• 1624–1641, 1642–1646: Oliver St. John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke, 4th Baron St. John of Bletso (d. June 1646), eldest son of Sir Oliver St. John, 3rd Baron St. John from Bletso ^[4]
  • 1641–1642: Oliver St. John, 5th Baron St. George of Bletso (1603 - October 23, 1642), the eldest son of the previous ^[5]
• 1646–1688: Oliver St. John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke, 6th Baron St. John of Bletso (died March 18, 1688), eldest son of Sir Paul Paulet St. John (1608–1638), grandson of 1st Earl of Bolingbroke ^[6]
• 1688-1711: Paul St. John, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke, 7th Baron St. John of Bletso (November 23, 1634 - October 5, 1711), the youngest son of Sir Paul Paul St. John (1608-1638), the youngest son 1 Earl of Bolingbroke ^[7] .

• 1711-1714: Paul St. Paul St. John, 8th Baron St. John of Bletso (1711 - May 10, 1714), the only son of Sir St. Andrew St. John, 4th Baronet (c. 1685-1711) ^[eight]
• 1714-1720: William St. John, 9th Baron St. John of Bletso (died October 11, 1720), son of Sir Andrew St. John, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650-1709) ^[9]
• 1720-1722: Rowland St. John, 10th Baron St. John of Bletso (died July 4, 1722), younger brother of the previous ^[10]
• 1722-1757: John St. John, 11th Baron St. John of Bletso (died June 24, 1757), son of Sir Andrew St. John, 2nd Baronet (c. 1650-1709) ^[11]
• 1757-1767: John St. John, 12th Baron St. John of Bletso (November 15, 1725 - April 20, 1767), second son of the previous ^[12]
• 1767-1805: Henry Boshan St. John, 13th Baron St. John of Bletso (August 2, 1758 - December 18, 1805), second son of the previous ^[13]
• 1805-1817: St. Andrew St. John, 14th Baron St. John of Bletso (August 22, 1759 - October 15, 1817), third son of the 12th Baron, younger brother of the previous ^[14]
• 1817-1874: St. Andrew Boshan St. John, 15th Baron St. John of Bletso (November 8, 1811 - January 27, 1874), the only son of the previous ^[15]
• 1874–1887: St. Andrew St. John, 16th Baron St. John of Bletso (October 5, 1840 - November 2, 1887), the eldest son of the previous ^[16]
• 1887-1912: Boshan Mowbray St. John, 17th Baron St. John of Bletso (December 4, 1844 - May 10, 1912), second son of the 15th Baron, younger brother of the previous ^[17]
• 1912-1920: Henry Boshan Oliver St. John, 18th Baron St. John of Bletso (June 24, 1876 - October 17, 1920), the eldest son of the previous ^[18]
• 1920-1934: Mowbray St. Andrew Thornton St. John, 19th Baron St. John of Bletso (November 5, 1877 - October 28, 1934), second son of the 17th Baron, younger brother of the previous ^[19]
• 1934-1976: John Mowbray Russell St. John, 20th Baron St. John of Bletso (August 3, 1917 - April 13, 1976), the only son of the previous ^[20]
• 1976-1978: Lt. Col. Andrew Boshan St. John, 21st Baron St. John of Bletso (August 23, 1918 - February 11, 1978), third son of Rowland Tudor St. John (1882-1948), grandson of the 17th Baron ^{[21 ]}
• 1978 - present: Anthony Tudor St. John, 22nd Baron St. John of Bletso (born May 16, 1957), the only son of Andrew Boshan St. John (1918-1978), grandson of Rowland Tudor St. John (1882— 1948), great-grandson of the 17th baron ^[22]
  • Heir to the title: the Honorable Oliver Boshan St. John (born July 11, 1995), the eldest son of the previous ^[23]

• 1660-1662: Sir Oliver St. John, 1st Baronet (c. 1624 - January 3, 1662), the only son of Rowland St. John (d. 1645), fourth son of the 3rd Baron St. John of Bletso ^[24]
• 1662-1709: Sir St. Andrew St. John, 2nd Baronet (1650-1709), the only son of the previous ^[25]
• 1709-1710: Sir Oliver St. John, 3rd Baronet (c. 1683 - c. 1710), the eldest son of the previous ^[26]
• 1710-1711: Sir St. Andrew St. John, 4th Baronet (c. 1685-1711), younger brother of the previous ^[27]
• 1711-1714: Sir Paulet St. Andrew St. John, 5th Baronet (1711 - May 10, 1714), the only son of the previous, 8th Baron St. John of Bletso since 1711 ^[8] .

Further baronets were also the barons of St. John of Bletso.

• Baron Boshan of Bletso
• Viscount Grandison
• Viscount Bolingbroke and St. John

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• thepeerage.com
• St John of Bletso, Baron (E, 1558/9)