Oliver St John
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Sir Oliver St John was an English barrister, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640-53. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War.
Portrait by Pieter Nason
Thorpe Hall, Peterborough
Johanna St John
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Johanna St John was an English gardener and herbalist, and the eldest daughter of a notable Parliamentarian, Oliver St John. She would eventually marry Sir Walter St John, a distant relative. Througho
Oliver St John
…children. After her death he married, in 1645, Elizabeth Oxenbridge, daughter of Daniel Oxenbridge. His son Francis was MP for Peterborough. His daughter Johanna married Sir Walter St John of Lydiard Tregoze and was the grandmother of Viscount Bolingbroke. His third daughter, Elizabeth, married Sir John Bernard…
Portrait of Johanna St John, by Godfrey Kneller