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 John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso (died 24 June 1757) was an English peer. The son of Andrew St John and his wife Jane Blois, daughter of William Blois of Cockfield Hall, Suffolk, he was a nephew of Paulet St John, 8th Baron St John of B ...

and his wife Elizabeth Crowley, daughter of Sir Ambrose Crowley of Greenwich. He was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...

and at New College, Oxford. He inherited the title of

Baron St John of Bletso Baron St John of Bletso, in the County of Bedford, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1582 for Oliver St John. For a period, the title Baron St John was subsumed within the title Earl of Bolingbroke which was granted to the ...

on the death of his father in 1757. St John died at the age of 41 at Nice but was buried at Bletsoe. St John married 13 December 1755 to Susanne Louise Simond, the daughter of Peter Simond, a wealthy French Huguenot merchant in London. She brought £20,000 to the marriage. The couple had seven children: * John Peter St John, died in infancy 1760 * Susannah St John (18 September 1757 – 21 July 1800) * Henry Beauchamp St John, 13th Baron St John of Bletso (2 August 1758 - 18 December 1805). *

St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso PC FRS (22 August 1759 – 15 October 1817) was an English politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 until 1806 when he inherited a peerage. St John was born at Woodford, North ...

(22 August 1759 – 15 October 1817). * Matilda St John (b. 30 January 1761), married 12 January 1788, William (Lewis) Villers, esq. * Elizabeth Barbara St John (b. 22 February 1762), married 31 March 1795, Henry Vaughan, physician extraordinary to the king. * Charlotte St John (15 March 1763''The Register of Births & Baptisms in the Parish of St James in the County of Middlesex Vol. V. 1761-1786''. 15 April 1763. – 24 July 1803), married Joseph Yates, esq. Their eldest son, John Peter died aged just three and St John was succeeded in the barony successively by his second son Henry and his third son St Andrew. His widow died at Bath, Somerset in 1805 at the age of 80.

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John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

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