Viscount Bolingbroke

Coat of arms of the Viscount Bolingbroke

Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Viscount Bolingbroke , in the County of Lincoln , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .

Award

On July 7, 1712, the title was created for Henry St. John . Together with the Viscountcy he was awarded the subordinate title of Baron St. John , of Lydiard Tregoze in the County of Wilts . Both titles were awarded with the special addition that, in the absence of male descendants of his own, they could also be passed on to his father and his male descendants. From his father he also inherited the title of 5th Baronet St. John, of Lidiard Tregoze in the County of Wilts in 1742, which was given to his great-grandfather in 1611 in the Baronetage of England.

When he died childless in 1751, Frederick St. John, 3rd Viscount St. John , the eldest son of his half-brother, inherited his title. He already held the titles Viscount St. John and Baron St. John , of Battersea in the County of Surrey , which had been awarded to the father of the 1st Viscount Bolingbroke in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1716. The Viscountcies Bolingbroke and St. John have since been united.

List of Viscounts Bolingbroke (1712)

• Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751)
• Frederick St. John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke , 3rd Viscount St. John († 1787)
• George St. John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke , 4th Viscount St. John (1761-1824)
• Henry St. John, 4th Viscount Bolingbroke , 5th Viscount St. John (1786-1851)
• Henry St. John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke , 6th Viscount St. John (1820–1899)
• Vernon St. John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke , 7th Viscount St. John (1896–1974)
• Kenneth St. John, 7th Viscount Bolingbroke , 8th Viscount St. John (1927-2010)
• Henry St. John, 8th Viscount Bolingbroke , 9th Viscount St. John (1957–2011)
• Nicholas St. John, 9th Viscount Bolingbroke , 10th Viscount St. John (* 1974)

The alleged heir to the title ( Heir Presumptive ) is the great-uncle of the current title holder, Walter St. John (* 1921).

Literature and web links

• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St. Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Peerage: Bolingbroke at Leigh Rayment's Peerage ( Memento from October 25, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
• Bolingbroke, Viscount (GB, 1712) at Cracroft's Peerage