Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Walter St John, 3rd Baronet (May 1622 – 3 July 1708), of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire, and of Battersea (succeeded in 1657), was an English MP.

Biography

He was the sixth son of Sir John St John, 1st Baronet of Lydiate Tregoze and inherited the baronetcy on the death of his nephew Sir John St John, 2nd Baronet (c.1637–1657), the son and heir of Oliver, the son and heir apparent of Sir John, 1st Baronet.

In 1656, Sir Walter was Member of Parliament for Wiltshire (1656–1658 and 1659); for Wootton Bassett (1660–1679); and again for Wiltshire (1679–81 and 1690–95). He was famed for "piety and moral virtues".

In 1700, Sir Walter signed a trust deed that led to the formation of a school which later became the Sir Walter St John's School of Battersea.

Sir Walter died in his 87th year on 3 July 1708, and was buried on 9 July at Battersea. On his death the baronetcy passed to a grandson Henry St John who was created a viscount in 1716.

Family

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Walter St John married Johanna St John (pictured), with whom he had thirteen children.

Sir Walter married, in or before 1651, Johanna a daughter of Oliver St John, of Longthorpe county Northampton, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1648–1660) and his first wife Johanna daughter and heir of Sir James Altham. Johanna died three years before Sir Walter. They had thirteen children, but seven of them did not survive to adulthood.

Further reading

• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets – Baronetcies beginning with "S" (part 1)

Parliament of England
Preceded by Ten members	Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1656–1659 With: nine others 1656-1658 Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper1659	Succeeded by Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper Sir John Ernle
Preceded by John Pleydell Sir Baynham Throckmorton	Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett 1661–1679 With: John Pleydell	Succeeded by John Pleydell Laurence Hyde
Preceded by Thomas Thynne Sir Richard Grobham Howe	Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1679–1685 With: Thomas Thynne	Succeeded by Viscount Cornbury Viscount Bruce
Preceded by Sir Thomas Mompesson Viscount Cornbury	Member of Parliament for Wiltshire 1690–1695 With: Viscount Cornbury	Succeeded by Henry St John Sir George Hungerford
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John St John	St John Baronets 1656–1708	Succeeded by Henry St John