Rowland St John

Rowland St John
Member of Parliament for Tiverton
In office
1625
Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers
In office
1614
Personal details
Born1588 (1588)
Died5 August 1645 (aged 56–57)
SpouseSybilla Vaughan
Children1+
Parent
RelativesAlexander St John (brother)
Oliver St John (brother)
Anthony St John (brother)
Beauchamp St John (brother)
Henry St John (brother)
Oliver St John (grandfather)
EducationQueens' College, Cambridge

Sir Rowland St John KB (1588 – 5 August 1645) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625.

Biography

St John was a younger 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 matriculated as a fellow commoner at Queens' College, Cambridge in Easter 1604, and was probably the Rowland St John who received an MA from St John's College, Cambridge in 1614.[2]

In 1614, St John was elected Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers. He purchased the manor of Woodford, Northamptonshire from Simon Mallory in 1621.[3] In 1625 he was elected MP for Tiverton. He was invested a Knight of the Bath in 1616.

St John married Sybilla Vaughan, daughter of John Vaughan of Hargast, Herefordshire. His son Oliver was created a baronet on 28 June 1660.[4]

His five brothers, Oliver, Anthony, Alexander, Beauchamp and Henry all became MPs. [5]

References

  1. ^ William Courthope, Debrett's complete peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  2. ^ "Rowland St John (ST604R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ 'Parishes: Woodford', A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3 (1930), pp. 255-262. Date accessed: 25 November 2011
  4. ^ FerrershQfUwsGLCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Oliver%20St%20John%22%20baronet&f=false John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of Great Britain, Volume 2
  5. ^ "ST. JOHN, Rowland (1588-1645), of Bletsoe, Beds. and Woodford, Northants". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
Parliament of England
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Higham Ferrers
1614 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Tiverton
1625
With: John Francis 		Succeeded by