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

House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...

 in 1614 and 1625.

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

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

. In 1614, St John was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Higham Ferrers

Higham Ferrers (UK Parliament constituency)

Higham Ferrers was a parliamentary borough in Northamptonshire, which was represented in the House of Commons from 1558 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act...

. He purchased the manor of Woodford, Northamptonshire

Woodford, Northamptonshire

Woodford is a large village and civil parish in East Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 1,290 people....

  from Simon Mallory in 1621. In 1625 he was elected MP for Tiverton

Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)

Tiverton was a constituency located in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

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St John married Sybilla Vaughan, daughter of John Vaughan of Hargast, Herefordshire. His son John was created baronet

St John Baronets

There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname St John, two in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of Great Britain. Three of the creations are extant as of 2008....

on 28 June, 1660.