ST. JOHN, Henry II (1678-1752), of Bucklebury, Berks.

Family and Education

b. 16 Sept. 1678, 1st s. of Henry St. John I* by his 1st w. educ. ?Eton 1692, travelled abroad (France, Switzerland, Italy) 1698–9; Padua Univ. 1699. m. (1) 22 May 1701, Frances (d. 1718), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Winchcombe, 2nd Bt.*, s.p.; (2) May 1720, Marie Claire (d. 1750), da. of Armand des Champs, seigneur de Marcilly and wid. of Philip le Valois De Villette, s.p. cr. Visct. Bolingbroke, 7 July 1712, Earl of Bolingbroke in Jacobite peerage, 26 July 1715; suc. fa. 8 Apr. 1742. H. T. Dickinson, Bolingbroke, 2–3; I. Parker, Dissenting Acads. 139; HMC Downshire, i. 777, 785–6.

Offices Held

Commr. public accts. 1702–4, building 50 new churches 1712–15. Add. 70306–8, commn. of accts. ballot; Cal. Treas. Bks. xvii. 268; xviii. 414; xix. 178–9; E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, p. xxiii.

Sec. at war 1704–8; PC, 21 Sept. 1710; sec. of state (northern dept.) Sept. 1710–Aug. 1713, (southern dept.) Aug. 1713–30 Aug. 1714; envoy to France Aug.–Sept. 1712. Boyer, Anne Annals, iii. 2.

Dir. S. Sea Co. 1711–15.

Ld. lt. Essex, Oct. 1712–Jan. 1715; recorder, Harwich, Dec. 1712–Aug. 1715. Essex RO, Harwich bor. recs. 98/5, ff. 121, 159.

Sec. of state to Pretender, July 1715–16.

Parlimentarian

ST. JOHN, Henry II (1678-1752), of Bucklebury, Berks.

Main residence: Bucklebury, Berks.

Author

S.N.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

ST. JOHN, Henry II (1678-1752)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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