John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso
John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso (died 1596) was an English peer. The son of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso, and Agnes Fisher, he succeeded to the barony upon his father's death in 1582.[1]
John St John was M. P. for Bedfordshire in 1559 and from 1563 to 1567 and was one of the peers who judged the guilt of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1586. He was Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire from about 1587 until his death. He marriedCatherine. He died 1596 .
St John married, about 1575, Catherine Dormer, daughter of Sir William Dormer of Wing Buckinghamshireand died on 23rd October 1596 without male heirs.[1] He was buried at Bletsoe. He was succeeded by his younger brother. His daughter Ann married William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham. His widow died in 1615 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
References
- ^ a b "John St. John, 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso". thePeerage.com. January 1, 2009. Retrieved on January 2, 2009.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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