Family and Education
bap. 2 Apr. 1603,Bletsoe ed. F.G. Emmison (Beds. par. reg. xxiv), 2. 1st s. of Oliver, 1st earl of Bolingbroke (Oliver St. John I*, d.1646) and Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Poulett of Yelden, Beds. and M. Temple. Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 194. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1615, MA 1620; travelled abroad 1617; APC, 1616-17, p. 267. G. Inn 1627. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. settlement 1 May 1623, Arbella (d.1669), da. of 1st earl of Bridgewater (John Egerton†) of Ellesmere, Salop, 4da. Beds. RO, SJ.22; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 496; Vis. Beds. 194; PROB 11/330, f. 50. styled. Lord St. John of Bletsoe from 28 Dec. 1624; CP sub Earl of Bolingbroke. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. summ. to Lords by 14 May 1641. LJ, iv. 249. d. 1970. CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625-49, p. 643. sig. Oli[ver] St. John.
Offices Held
J.p. Bedford 1625 – 26, 1628 – 36, Beds. and Hunts. 1625 – 26, 1628–d.;
Col. of ft. and capt. of horse (parl.) Aug. 1642–d.
Main residences: Bletsoe, Beds.; King's Ripton, Hunts.
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Commons 1604-1629
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ST. JOHN, Oliver II (1603-1642)
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