Biography of Henry St John 1st Viscount St John 1652-1742

In 1651 [his father] Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 28) and [his mother] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 19) were married. They were sixth cousins.

Before 17th October 1652 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John was born to [his father] Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 30) and [his mother] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 21).

On 17th October 1652 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John was baptised.

In 1657 John St John 2nd Baronet (age 15) died. His uncle [his father] Walter (age 34) succeeded 3rd Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire. [his mother] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 25) by marriage Lady St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

On 11th January 1673 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 20) and Mary Rich (age 35) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick.

On 16th June 1674 Daniel Finch 2nd Earl Nottingham 7th Earl Winchilsea (age 26) and [his sister-in-law] Essex Rich Countess Nottingham (age 22) were married. She the daughter of Robert Rich 3rd Earl Warwick and Anne Cheeke Countess Warwick. He the son of Heneage Finch 1st Earl Nottingham (age 52) and Elizabeth Harvey Baroness Finch (age 47).

On 16th September 1678 [his son] Henry St John 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was born to Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 25) and [his wife] Mary Rich (age 40). He married 22nd May 1701 Frances Winchcombe Viscountess Bolingbroke, daughter of Henry Winchcombe 2nd Baronet.

On 30th September 1678 [his wife] Mary Rich (age 40) died in childbirth.

In October 1679 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 26) was elected MP Wootton Bassett which seat he held until March 1681. He also held the seat in 1685–87, 1689–95 and 1698–1700.

Before 20th November 1684 William Estcourt 3rd Baronet (age 30) served as foreman of the jury which acquitted Edward Nosworthy (age 46). During the course of the celebrations that followed in the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street an altercation broke out between Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 32) and Francis Stonehouse (age 31). William Estcourt 3rd Baronet was killed by either or both Henry St John 1st Viscount St John and Francis Stonehouse. Both were fined and pardoned. Baronet Estcourt of Newton in Wiltshire extinct.

John Evelyn's Diary. 20th December 1684. A villainous murder was perpetrated by Mr. St. John (age 32), eldest son to [his father] S' Walter St. John (age 62), a worthy gentleman, on a knight of quality [Sir William Estcourt], in a tavern. The offender was sentenc'd and repriev'd. So many horrid murders and duels were committed about this time as were never before heard of in England, which gave much cause of complaint and murmurings.

Note. Following the aquittal of Edward Nosworthy the jury repaired to the Globe tavern in Fleet Street. An altercation broke out between St John and Francis Stonehouse. St. John and Edmund Webb both ran Estcourt through with their swords. Both were found guilty of murder, and condemned to death. St. John's mother [[his mother] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 53)] obtained a pardon for him at the reported price of £16,000. St. John was expected to go abroad for some time, but publicly entered the next parliamentary election at Wootton Bassett a few weeks after the close of his case, and was duly elected to James II's first Parliament.

In 1685 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 32) was elected MP Wiltshire which seat he held until 1698.

On 1st January 1687 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 34) and Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 21) were married.

Before 1691. John Riley (age 44). Portrait of Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 38).

On 22nd May 1701 [his son] Henry St John 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Winchcombe Viscountess Bolingbroke (age 20) were married at St Dunstan's in the East Parish.

On 3rd May 1702 [his son] John St John 2nd Viscount St John was born to Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 49) and [his wife] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 36). He married before 21st December 1732 Anne Furnese, daughter of Robert Furnese 2nd Baronet and Anne Balam, and had issue.

In 1705 [his mother] Johanna St John Baroness St John Lydiard Tregoze (age 73) died.

On 3rd July 1708 [his father] Walter St John 3rd Baronet (age 86) died. His son Henry (age 55) succeeded 4th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire. [his wife] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 42) by marriage Lady St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

In 1716 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 63) was created 1st Viscount St John. [his wife] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 50) by marriage Viscountess St John.

Before 21st December 1732 [his son] John St John 2nd Viscount St John (age 30) and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Furnese (age 20) were married.

On 5th August 1736 [his wife] Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John (age 70) died.

Before 1739. Circle of John Vanderbank (age 44). Portrait of Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 86).

On 8th April 1742 Henry St John 1st Viscount St John (age 89) died. He was buried at St Mary's Church Battersea, Surrey. His son John (age 39) succeeded 2nd Viscount St John, 5th Baronet St John Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.

[his daughter] Daughter St John was born to Henry St John 1st Viscount St John and Angelica Magdalena Pellissary Viscountess St John.