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. He supported the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War.
In 1624 St John was elected Member of Parliament for Wigan and in 1625 MP for Cheshire.[5] He was returned again for Wigan in 1626 and 1628. 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.[7]
St John lived at the ancient home of the St John family at Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan. The house was sold in 1656 to Colonel Philip Jones.
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.
^"ST. JOHN, Sir Anthony (c.1585-by 1651), of Chester, Cheshire; formerly of Southill, Beds". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
^(PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^Journals of the House of Commons, Volume 4 By Great Britain House of Commons
^London Metropolitan Archives, St Andrew Holborn, Register of marriages, 1559 - 1698, P69/AND2/A/002/MS06668, Item 001.
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