John St John (Bedfordshire MP)

John St John
Arms of St John: Argent, on a chief gules two mullets or
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
In office 1529-1530 1534-1535 1549-1550
Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire
In office c. 1529? 1539 1542
Personal details
Born	By 1495
Died	(1558-12-19)19 December 1558
Spouse(s)	Margaret Waldegrave ​ (m. 1521)​ Anne Neville
Children	14, including Oliver
Relatives	John St John (grandson) Oliver St John (grandson)

Sir John St John (by 1495 – 19 December 1558), of Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, was an English politician.

Biography

He was the son of Sir John St John of Bletsoe and his wife Sybil, daughter of Rhys ap Morgan. He succeeded his father in 1525 and was knighted the following year.

He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire for 1529–30, 1534–35, and 1549–50. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bedfordshire in 1529?, 1539 and 1542.

He first married, in 1521, Margaret, the daughter of Sir William Waldegrave of Smallbridge, Suffolk, with whom he had 5 sons (including John and Oliver) and 4 daughters and secondly Anne, the daughter of Thomas Neville of Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, with whom he had a further son and four daughters.