Anthony St John

Sir Anthony St John (c.1585-by 1651) was an English Member of Parliament (MP) who sat in the House of Commons in 1624 and 1625.

[4] In 1624 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan and in 1625 MP for Cheshire.

St John was a captain in the Earl of Essex Regiment of Foot in 1642[6] and continued to support the parliamentary side during the Civil War.

[citation needed] St John married on 24 April 1610 at St. Andrew Holborn, London, England Lady Katherine Herbert,[8] the widow of Sir W. Herbert and a daughter of Morgan Aubrey, Salter of London, and by her had a son Oliver (who died at the age of 8) and Dorothy, who married Sir John Booth.

[citation needed] His eldest brother Oliver inherited the Barony and became Earl of Bolingbroke.