Sir John St Barbe, 1st Baronet

Sir John St Barbe, 1st Baronet (c. 1655 – 7 September 1723), of Ashington, Somerset and Broadlands, Hampshire, was Member of Parliament for Ilchester in 1681.

He was the second son of John St Barbe of Broadlands, MP for Hampshire in 1654 and a Parliamentarian in the Civil War, by his wife Grissell Pynsent, daughter of John Pynsent of Carleton-Curliew, Leicestershire[3] and of Combe, Surrey, Prothonotary of Common Pleas.

he was elected Member of Parliament for Ilchester in 1681[7] and served as Sheriff of Hampshire 1703-4.

He married twice but left no children: He died on 7 September 1723 and as he left no children he appointed his great-great-nephew Humphrey Sydenham (1694–1757)[9] of Combe near Dulverton in Somerset as his sole heir and executor, who named his own son St Barbe Sydenham.

In the chancel of Ashington Church, Somerset, is a monument of grey and white marble, inscribed:[10]