Oliver Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney (born 27 February 1938) is the son of Frederick Oliver St John whose parents were Sir Frederic Robert and Lady St. John (née Isabella Annie FitzMaurice). He is a retired Canadian political scientist and

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. He was a

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, England, before moving to the

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of political studies. He retired from academia in 1998, the year he succeeded to the Earldom of Orkney, and was appointed a senior scholar by Manitoba.

Personal life

In 1963, St John married Mary Juliet Scott-Brown. Together they had four children: one son and three daughters. Their son, Oliver Robert St John, Viscount Kirkwall, is heir to the earldom. His first marriage ended in divorce in 1985, and that year he married Mary Barbara Huck (

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Albertson). His second marriage brought four step-children. As a male-line descendant of the 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke, he is also in remainder to this title.

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1938 births Academics of University College London Alumni of the London School of Economics Canadian political scientists Earls of Orkney Canadian international relations scholars Living people Terrorism studies University of British Columbia alumni University of Manitoba faculty People from Victoria, British Columbia Scientists from British Columbia People educated at Woodbridge School Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999 {{Scotland-earl-stub