Henry Beauchamp St John, 13th Baron St John of Bletso (2 August 1758 - 18 December 1805) was a British peer. St John was born at

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, the eldest son of

John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso John St John of Northwood, 12th Baron St John of Bletso (15 November 1725 – 20 April 1767) was a British peer. St John was the eldest son of John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Elizabeth Crowley, daughter of Sir Ambrose C ...

, and his wife Susanna Simond, daughter of Peter Simond, merchant of London. He succeeded his father as 13th Baron in 1767.Bedford Borough Council Community Archives - The St John Family
He was at a private school at Easton, near Stamford, and was admitted at

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, on 15 October 1776. He was awarded MA in 1778. St John died at the age of 47 after a long illness. St John married Emma Maria Elizabeth Whitbread, daughter of Samuel Whitbread of Cardington, Bedfordshire, on 2 December 1780. She brought £30,000 to the marriage. His son St John died aged seven in March 1791 at Exeter and he was succeeded in the barony by his brother

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint John Of Bletso, Henry Saint John, 13th Baron 1805 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 1758 births

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