Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet

Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet (May 1622 – 3 July 1708), of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, and of Battersea, was an English Member of Parliament.

Portrait painting of Sir Walter St John by Godfrey Kneller

Biography

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He was the sixth son of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet of Lydiard Tregoze and inherited the baronetcy on the death of his nephew 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. [1]

In 1656, Sir Walter was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire (1656–1658 and 1659); for Wootton Bassett (1660–1679); and again for Wiltshire (1679–1681 and 1690–1695). He was famed for "piety and moral virtues".[2]

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.[3]

Sir Walter died in his 87th year on 3 July 1708, and was buried on 9 July at Battersea.[2] On his death the baronetcy passed to a grandson Henry St John who was created a viscount in 1716.[2]

Family

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Walter St John married Johanna St John (pictured), with whom he had thirteen children.

Sir Walter married, in or before 1651, Johanna a daughter of Oliver St John, 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. [2] They had thirteen children, but seven of them did not survive to adulthood. His daughter, Anne St. John, married Thomas Cholmondeley, twice MP for Cheshire.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Cokayne 1900, pp. 24, 25.
  2. ^ a b c d Cokayne 1900, pp. 25.
  3. ^ Lysons 1792, pp. 26–48.
  4. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.

References

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  • Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1900). Complete Baronetage 1611–1625. Vol. 1. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. pp. 25.
  • Lysons, Daniel (1792). "Battersea". The Environs of London: County of Surrey. Vol. 1. British History Online. pp. 26–48.

Further reading

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Parliament of England
Preceded by
Ten members
Member of Parliament for Wiltshire
1656–1659
With: nine others 1656–1658
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper 1659
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett
1661–1679
With: John Pleydell
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wiltshire
1679–1685
With: Thomas Thynne
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Wiltshire
1690–1695
With: Viscount Cornbury
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Lydiard Tregoze)
1656–1708
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