Henry St. John

General Henry St John (1738 – 3 April 1818) was a senior British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1784 and briefly in 1802. He also served as a Groom of the Bedchamber.

Early life He was the younger son of John St John, 2nd Viscount St John and his wife Anne Furnese. His elder brother was Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke. His younger sister, the Hon. Louisa St John, married William Bagot, 1st Baron Bagot.

His paternal grandparents were Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John and the former Angelica Magdalena (née Pellisary) Wharton, the widow of Philip Wharton who was the daughter of George Pellisary, Treasurer-General of the Navy to King Louis XIV of France. His mother was the half-sister, and heiress, of Sir Henry Furnese, 3rd Baronet, and the only child, by his first wife Anna Balam (daughter of Anthony Balam), of Sir Robert Furnese, 2nd Baronet, MP for Truro, New Romney, and Kent.

Personal life In 1771, St John was married to Barbara Bladen (1733–1821), the eldest daughter, and co-heiress, of Thomas Bladen and the former Barbara Janssen (a daughter of Sir Theodore Janssen, 1st Baronet). Barbara was the sister of Harriet Bladen, the Dowager Countess of Essex (from her marriage to William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex).

St John died, without issue, on 3 April 1818.