Viscount St John

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The title Viscount St John was created in 1716 for Sir Henry St John, Baronet of Lydiard Tregoze in the Baronetage of England, along with the subsidiary title Baron St John of Battersea. The title, in the Peerage of Great Britain, merged with that of Viscount Bolingbroke when the third Viscount St John inherited the Viscountcy of Bolingbroke.

St John, Baronets of Lydiard Tregoze (

• John St John, 1st Baronet (d. 1648)
• John St John, 2nd Baronet (c. 1637–1656)
• Walter St John, 3rd Baronet (1622–1708)
• Henry St John, 4th Baronet (1652–1742), created 1st Viscount St John in 1716, see below.

Viscounts St John (

• Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John (1652-1742)
• John St John, 2nd Viscount St John (c. 1695-1749)
• Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, 3rd Viscount St John (d. 1787)

See Viscount Bolingbroke for further Viscounts St John.

 

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