Sir Alexander St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  variously between 1621 and 1629.

St John was a son of Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso

Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso

Oliver St John, 3rd Baron St John of Bletso was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1588 until 1596 when he inherited the peerage as Baron St John of Bletso....

 and his wife Dorothy Reid, daughter of Sir John Rede or Reid, of Odington, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

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. He was knighted on 5 August 1608 at Bletsoe together with his brother Anthony.

In 1614 St John was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Bedford

Bedford (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and was re-elected in 1621 and 1624. In 1626 and 1628 he was elected MP for Barnstaple

Barnstaple (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.

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. His eldest brother Oliver

Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke

Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke , known from 1618 until 1624 as 4th Baron St John of Bletso, was an English nobleman and politician.-Life:...

 inherited the Barony

Baron St John of Bletso

Baron St John of Bletso, in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1582 for Oliver St John.For a period, the title Baron St John was subsumed within the title Earl of Bolingbroke which was granted to the fourth Baron. The Earldom died out with the third Earl,...

 and became Earl of Bolingbroke. His brother Beauchamp

Beauchamp St John

Sir Beauchamp St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1653. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....

 sat as MP for Bedford after him and his brother Anthony

Anthony St John

Sir Anthony St John was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War....

was MP for Wigan.