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 SAINT JOHN. 17 SAINT JOHN [erroneously SAINT JOHN OF i.e., "Saint JoHN,( a ), Barony (Paulett, otherwise Pouleti), cr. 1538/9 ; see Winchester, Marqueasate, <■>; 1651. SAINT JOHN ami SAINT JOHN OF BATTFKSEA. Viacountcy. /. Sm Henry St. John, Hart, of Lydiard Tregoz, I 1716 Wilts (the fiither, by bis 1st wife, of the well knowu Statesman, Henry St John, cr. Viscount Bolinubkoke, in 1712, who, however, after 1715 was under attainder) was on 2 Jul v 1716 (possibly on the ground of such paternity) cr. BARON SAINT JOHN OF BATTERSEA, co. Surrey, and VISCOUNT SAINT JOHN with a spec. rem. to his yr. sous (John and Hollis) ant) the heirs male of their bodies respectively and with an ultimate rem. to the heirs male of his [own] body. v h ) He was s. and h. of Sir Walter St. John, 3d Bart., by Johanna, da. of Sir Oliver St. .Ioiin, of l.ongthorpe, eo. Northampton, Ch. Justice of the Common Fleas. He was bap. 17 Oct. 1652, at Battersea, Surrey ; was M.P. for Wootton Bassett, 1479— IMS : for Wilts, 1 095— 169S, and for Wootton Bassett again, 1(398— 1700.( c ) On 3 July 170S, he sue. his father (who (/. aged SB) in the Baronetcy (cr. 22 May 1611), and was (eight years afterwards) elevated to the Peerage (as above said), taking his seat. 20 Feb. 1717. He m. firstly, 11 Dec. 1673, at Lees, co. Essex (lie. 12 Nov. 1673, he of Battersea, she lif Lees, aged 21), Mary, da. and coheir of Robert (Rich), 2d EaBL of Warwick, by his 2d wife, Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Chekke, of l'irgo, Essex. He m. secondly, 1 Jan. 10S6/7, at St. Anne's, Suho, Angelica Modeless Wharton, widow, aged about 20 (lie. Vic. Gen.), da. of George I'ELISSary, Treasurer of the Navy to Louis XIV. of France. She d. at Battersea Aug. 1730. He d. in his 90th year, and was 6ur. 16 April 1742, at Battersea. Will pr. May 1742. II. 1712. 2. Joiin (St. John), Viscount Saint John, &c., 3d but 2d surv. s. was h. according to the spec rem., being eldest aud only surv. s. by 2d wife. He was h. about 1695 ; Comptroller of the Customs of London, in reversion 1721, in possession 1740 ; M.P. for Wootton Bassett, 1727-34 ; sue. to the peerage, 8 April 1712. He m. firstly, at St. Geo. Han. sq.. 17 April 1729, Anne, da. and, on the death of her Dr., coheir of Sir Robert Fcrnese, Bart., of Waldershare, Kent, by his 1st wife, Anne, da. of Anthony Bai.a.m. She d. 11 July 1747. and was bur. at Lydiard Tregoz. Admon. 19 Aug. 1 747. He m. secondly, at St. Anne's, Suho, 19 June 1748, Hester, 1st da. of James CLARKE, of Wharton, co. Hereford. He d. in France, Feb. 174S/9, and was bur. at Lydiard afsd. Will pr. 1749. His widow, who was b. 25 Feb. 1723, (/. 8 March 1752, and was bur. at Ullenhall, co. Warwick. Will pr. 1752. III. 1748/9. J. Frederick (St. John), Viscount Saint John, &c., s. and h. by 1st wife. On 15 Dec. 1751, by the death of his uncle, the celebrated Henry St John, he sue. as VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE( l1 ) under the spec. rem. creating that peerage. See " BOLINOBROKK " Viscountey, cr. 1712. ( a ) Often, erroneously, called " Saint John of Bating" the words in the patent being " Saint John " only, [Creations 1483-1646 in A p. 47th Rep. D.K. Pub. Records] tho' the grantee was a coheir to the Barony of Saiut John de Basing, and was styled in the writs by which he was sum. " Saint John de Basing." ( b ) According to the diary of the Countess Cowper, "everybody believes that the Duchess of Munster had £5,000 for making Lord St. John a Lord." ( c ) 1 Henry St. Johns, uow Lord Viscount St. Johns, was indicted and was tryed, 11 Dec. 1684, for the barbarous murder of Sir William Heathcote, 14 Oct., and was found guilty of murder at common law as likewise upon the statute of stabbing. His mother, the Lady St. .Johns, procured his pardon at a great price, said to be £10,000. Old Sir Walter, his father, would not meddle with it." [Harley's " Memoranda on the peerage." See " jV. and Q.," 2d S., vol. i, p. 326.] P) He did not, how ever, inherit the ancient Baronetcy (cr. 22 May 1611), of his family, inasmuch as that dignity having descended in 1742 to his uncle, the 1st tiscount Bolingbroke, became forfeited on his attainder in 1715, there being no spec, rem. to preserve it therefrom, as was the case with the peerage of Bolingbroke.