Walter St John, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet (May 1622 – 3 July 1708), of Lydiard Tregoze
, Wiltshire
, and of Battersea
(succeeded in 1657), was an English MP.
Sir John St John, 2nd Baronet (c.1637–1657), the son and heir of Oliver, the son and heir apparent of Sir John, 1st Baronet.
In 1656, Sir Walter was Member of Parliament
for Wiltshire
(1656–1658 and 1659); for Wootton Bassett
(1660–1679); and again for Wiltshire (1679-81 and 1690-95). He was famed for "piety and moral virtues".
In 1700, Sir Walter signed a trust deed that led to the formation of a school which later became the Sir Walter St John's School
of Battersea.
Sir Walter died in his 87th year on 3 July 1708, and was buried on 9 July at Battersea. On his death the baronetcy passed to a grandson Henry St John
who was created a viscount
in 1716.
, of Longthorpe
county Northampton, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1648–1660) and his first wife Johanna daughter and heir of Sir James Altham. Johanna died three years before Sir Walter. They had thirteen children, but seven of them did not survive to adulthood.
Lydiard Tregoze
Lydiard Tregoze is a small village and civil parish on the western edge of Swindon in the County of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. It has in the past been spelt as Liddiard Tregooze and in other ways.-History:...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, and of Battersea
Battersea
Battersea is an area of the London Borough of Wandsworth, England. It is an inner-city district of South London, situated on the south side of the River Thames, 2.9 miles south-west of Charing Cross. Battersea spans from Fairfield in the west to Queenstown in the east...
(succeeded in 1657), was an English MP.
Biography
He was the sixth son of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet of Lydiate Tregoze and inherited the baronetcy on the death of his nephewSir John St John, 2nd Baronet (c.1637–1657), the son and heir of Oliver, the son and heir apparent of Sir John, 1st Baronet.
In 1656, Sir Walter was 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 Wiltshire
Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Wiltshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of England from 1290 to 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament , elected by the bloc vote...
(1656–1658 and 1659); for Wootton Bassett
Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament constituency)
Wootton Bassett was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1447 until 1832, when the rotten borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
(1660–1679); and again for Wiltshire (1679-81 and 1690-95). He was famed for "piety and moral virtues".
In 1700, Sir Walter signed a trust deed that led to the formation of a school which later became the Sir Walter St John's School
Sir Walter St John's School
Sir Walter St John's was founded in 1700 for twenty boys of the village of Battersea. As the population and the English educational system changed, so did the school...
of Battersea.
Sir Walter died in his 87th year on 3 July 1708, and was buried on 9 July at Battersea. On his death the baronetcy passed to a grandson Henry St John
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his atheism. In 1715 he supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 which sought to overthrow the...
who was created a viscount
Viscount
A viscount or viscountess is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl or a count .-Etymology:...
in 1716.
Family
Sir Walter married, in or before 1651, Johanna a daughter of Oliver St JohnOliver St John
Sir Oliver St John , was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.- Early life :...
, of Longthorpe
Longthorpe
Longthorpe is a village in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. Located two miles west from the city centre, the area covers 1,390 acres...
county Northampton, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1648–1660) and his first wife Johanna daughter and heir of Sir James Altham. Johanna died three years before Sir Walter. They had thirteen children, but seven of them did not survive to adulthood.
Further reading
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1