Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke was a British peer and landowner. His father was John St John, 2nd Viscount St John, half-brother of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. His mother was
Portrait of Bolingbroke
"Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket", painting c.1766 by George Stubbs of one of Bolingbroke's famous racehorses. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke was a British Tory politician and philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his antireligious views a
Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke
…Viscount Bolingbroke (21 December 1732 – 5 May 1787) was a British peer and landowner. His father was John St John, 2nd Viscount St John, half-brother of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751). His mother was Anne Furnese and his younger brother General the Hon. Henry St John (1738–1818). Bolingbroke was educated at Eton College…
c. 1712 portrait of Bolingbroke attributed to Alexis Simon Belle
Bolingbroke pictured alongside the Earl of Oxford, together with a portrait of Francis Atterbury. Engraving after a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. Attributed to Charles Jervas.