John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso (died 1596) was an
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peer. The son of
Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso
Oliver St John of Bletsoe, 1st Baron St John of Bletso (c. 1522 – 21 April 1582) was an English peer.
Personal life
He was the son of Sir John St John (Bedfordshire MP) (born 1498) of Bletsoe (Bedfordshire) and Spelsbury (Oxfordshire) a ...
, and Agnes Fisher, he succeeded to the
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upon his father's death in 1582.
[ Retrieved on 2 January 2009.]
John St John was
M.P. for
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council wa ...
from 1563 to 1567. In January 1585 he was appointed the keeper of
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567.
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, at
Tutbury Castle
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. John was reluctant to accept the commission and argued at length with
Lord Burghley
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (13 September 15204 August 1598) was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and Lord High Treasurer from 1 ...
before accepting, but in 1586 was one of the peers who judged her guilty. He was Lord Lieutenant of
Huntingdonshire
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from about 1587 until his death.
St John married, about 1575, Katherine Dormer, daughter of
Sir William Dormer of
Wing, Buckinghamshire
Wing, known in antiquated times as Wyng, is a village and civil parish in east Buckinghamshire, England. The village is on the main A418 road between Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard. It is about north-east of Aylesbury, west of Leighton Buz ...
, by his second wife, Dorothy Catesby, and died on 23 October 1596 without male heirs.
[ He was buried at Bletsoe. He was succeeded by his younger brother. His daughter ]Ann
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married William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham
William Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Effingham (27 December 1577 – 28 November 1615) was an English nobleman, the eldest son of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham (who as Lord Howard of Effingham famously led the English fleet against the Spa ...
. His widow died in 1615 and was buried in Westminster Abbey
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.
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1596 deaths
Lord-Lieutenants of Huntingdonshire
John
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Year of birth missing
16th-century births
English MPs 1563–1567
16th-century English nobility
Barons St John of Bletso
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