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Henry Craven St John (5 January 1837 – 21 May 1909) was a Royal Navy officer who became Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station.

Background

He was the son of

Charles William George St John Charles William George St. John (3 December 1809 – 22 July 1856), English naturalist and sportsman, son of General the Hon. Frederick St John, second son of Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, was born on 3 December 1809 at Chailey ...

and the great-grandson of Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke.

Naval career

On 12 April 1866 the Admiralty announced that Lieutenant St John, in command of her Majesty's gunboat was promoted to Commander in consideration of the skill and judgement displayed in effecting the destruction of a large piratical force of 54 Chinese Junks, without loss in the attack and capture. St John became commanding officer of the

sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...

in November 1873. His memoir ''Notes and Sketches from the Wild Coasts of Nipon. With chapters of cruising after pirates in Chinese waters'' were published in 1880 by David Douglas, Edinburgh. He was appointed commanding officer of the Central battery ship HMS ''Iron Duke'' in August 1885 and Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station in January 1892 before he retired in January 1895.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:St John, Henry 1837 births 1909 deaths Royal Navy admirals