HERA! 
The family of St, John is defcended from Hugh de 
Port, who was proprietor of the barony of Bating, in the 
county of Southampton, at the time that William the 
Conqueror.carne into England. William de Port, third- 
in defcent from Hugh, aflumed the furha'me of St. John, 
in right of his grandmother Muriel, daughter, of Roger 
de St.John, whofe anceftors came over to England with 
•William the Conqueror. Robert, gfandfon of William, 
had ifliie, i. Joint, who was created by Edwaid 1. in 
1299, baron St. John of Baling. This title defcended, 
through the families of St. Philibert and Poinings, to 
that of Harry late duke of Bolton. 2. William. 
Oliver, fiith in defcent from William, married Marga¬ 
ret, liftei; and heir of John lord Beauchamp, of Bletfoe'; 
by which lady, who married, fecondly, John Beaufort 
duke of Somerfet, and was grandmother of Henry VII. 
he had iffue, i.John. 2. Oliver, anceftor to lord vifcoant 
Bolingbroke. Oliver, grand fob of John, was created by 
queen Elizabeth, baron St. John, of Bletfoe. Oliver, 
third lord St. John, his foil, had iffue, .1. Oliver, fourth 
lord St. John. 2. Rowland, v\hole foil Oliver was cre¬ 
ated a baronet June 28, t66of 
Oliver, fourth lord St. John, was created by James I. 
■December 28, 1624, earl of Bolingbroke in the county 
of Lincoln ; and had iffue, 1. Oliver lord St.John, who 
embraced the party of the parliament in the civil wars 
of Charles I , and was killed at the battle of Edgehill, 
October 23, 1642. 2. Paulet,-father of Oliver fecond 
earl of Bolingbroke, and of Paulet third earl of Boling¬ 
broke ; upon whole death, October j, 1711, that title 
became extinft, and the title of baron St. John devolved 
upon lir St. Andrew, foil of fir Oliver, who had been 
created a baronet by Charles II. 
John, tenth lord St. John, married Elizabeth, daugh¬ 
ter of fir Ambrofe Crowley, knight, of Greenwich ; by 
which lady, who died October 24, 1769, lie had iffue, 
John, eleventh lord. Andrew, who died in 1726. Mary, 
born November 21, 1728 ; married to Thomas Erie Drax, 
efq. of Chafborougli, in Dorfetfhire. Ambrofe, died 
young. St. Andrew, D. D. dean of Worcefte'r, died 
March 23, 1795, having married Sarah, daughter of 
Thomas Chafe, efq. of Bromley, in Kent, by whom he 
had iffue, 1. Ambrofe, married to Mifs Hamlyn; 2. John- 
Francis-Seymour, M.A. prebendary of Worcefter, mar¬ 
ried to Mifs Fleming, daughter of Richard Fleming, 
efq«uire ; 3. Thomas, who died July 17, 1775; 4. Ano¬ 
ther fon ; 5. A daughter. Elizabeth, died 1780. Jane, 
married to Humphry Hall, efq. and died July 1799. Bar¬ 
bara, married to George-William earl of Coventry, and 
died in 1800, leaving iffue. Anne, married to Robert- 
Cotton Trefufts, efq. and died March 1776, by whom 
Lie had iffue, Robert-George-William, the late baron 
Clinton and Saye. Henry, born June i, 1740, a captain 
in the navy, married Mary, daughter of-- Schuyler, 
efq. of New York, and-'died April 1780, leaving iflue a 
fon, Henry, who married Mifs Lag-re. Lattice, who died 
October 19, 1791. Ambrofe, born O&ober 17, 1743", in 
holy orders, and died July 18, 1775. klis iordfliip, dying 
June 24, 1757, was fucceeded by his eldeft foil, John, 
the elevemh lord, born November 15, 1725; married 
Sufannah-Louifa, daughter of Peter Sinfond, efq. of Lon¬ 
don; by which lady, who died in November 1805, he 
had iffue'John-Peter, who died an infant. Sufannah, 
died July 12, 1800. Henry-Beauchamp, the twelfth lord. 
St. Andre.v, the prefent lord. Matilda, born January 30, 
1761; married to William Villiers, efq. Elizabeth-Bar¬ 
bara, born February 22,1762; married to Henry Vaughan, 
M.D. phyfician to his majefiy. Charlotte, born Mardh 
35, 1763 ; married to Jofeph Yates, efq. only foil of the 
late judge Yates, and has iffue a fon and a daughter, and 
died July 24, 1803. George, born Oiftober 19, 1764, a 
colonel in the army; married Lavinia, daughter of Wil¬ 
liam Breton, efq. who has fince aflumed the name of 
Wolftenhohne; and whofe other daughter, Maria, jnar- 
LORY, 5151 
ried the honourable Thomas Parker, brother to the earl' 
of Macclesfield. The colonel, with his lady, and four ' 
children, were unfortunately drowned on-board th'e •' 
Prince of Wales Eaft-Indiaman, in 1804, on their paffage ' 
from Bombay to England. Louifa-Theodofia, born Oc¬ 
tober 5, 1765, died ah infant. His Iordfliip dying in June 
1767, was fucceeded by his fon, Henry-Beauchamp, the 
twelfth lord, born Auguft 2, 1758; married, December 
2, 1780, Emma, fecond daughter of the late Samuel 
Whitbread, efq. of Cardington, in Bedfordshire, and had 
iffue, 1. Emma, born in January 1782; married, in Fe¬ 
bruary 1806, the Rev. G. Forfter, vicar of Whitchurch. 
2. Augufta, born December. 1782. 3. Margaret, born 
October 31, 1785. Barbara, born September 19, 1789. 
His lordfhip died December 19, 1805, without iffue male, 
and was fucceeded by his brother, St. Andrew, the pre¬ 
fent and thirteenth lord. 
Creation. —Baron St.John, of Bletfoe, January 13, 
T538- 
Residences. —Bletfoe Park, in the county of Bed¬ 
ford.—Town-houfe, Curzon ftreet. 
Armorial Bearings.—S eethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto.— Data fata fecutus. —“ Complying with his> 
declared fate.” 
ELLIS, BARON HOWARD OF WALDEN. 
CHARLES-AUGUSTUS ELLIS, Baron HOW¬ 
ARD of WALDEN; born June 2$, 1799; fucceeded 
to tile barony July 8, 1803, on tile death of Frederic Her- 
vey, fourth earl of Briftol, and lord bifliop of Derry. 
Thomas lord Howard, fecond foil of Thomas fourth 
duke of Norfolk, by his fecond marriage with Margaret 
Audley, daughter and heir of Thomas lord Audley of 
Walden, was fummoned to parliament October 24,1597, 
and took his feat as a baron, by the defeription of Tho¬ 
mas lord Howard of Walden, by patent to him and the 
heirs of his body ; in confequence of which the title was- 
carried into the family of the Griffins, by his defeendant 
in the female line. Sir Thomas Griffin, in the reign of 
Edward III. married Elizabeth, daughter and heir.of 
Warren Latimer, lord La timer of Braybrooke. Edward, 
fixth in defcent from fir Thomas, was conftituted by 
Henry VIII. June 8, 1545, folicitor-general ; which of¬ 
fice he exchanged, May 21, 1532, for that of attorney- 
general, and was continued in that employment both by 
queen Mary and queen Elizabeth. He died in 1-569. 
Edward, fourth in. defcent from Edward, was created 
by James II. December^, 1688, baron Griffin of Bray¬ 
brooke, in the county of-Northampton; and died No¬ 
vember 10, 1710. His lifter Elizabeth married fir Tho¬ 
mas Felton, of Playfair, in the county of Suffolk, ba¬ 
ronet; by whom fhe had a daughter, Elizabeth, married 
to John Hervey, fir ft earl of Briftol. Edward lord Grif¬ 
fin married Eli'ex Howard, daughter and heir of James 
third earl of Suffolk; and had iffue, James, his fucceffor;; 
Elizabeth ; and Anne. 
James, fecond lord Griffin, fon of Edward and Effers. 
Howard, had iffue, Edward, third lord Griffin; upo.n 
whofe death, 101742, without male iffue, the title of 
baron Griffin of Braybrooke. became extinb't. Elizabeth, 
eldeft filter of Edward, third and Lift lord Griffin, mar¬ 
ried, fir if, Henry Grey, of Billingbear, in the county of 
Berks; and, fecondly, John Wallop, fir ft earl of Portf- 
mouth, and died countefs of Portfmouth, in 1762, with¬ 
out iffue. Anne, the younger filler, married William, 
Whifwell, efq. and died in 1770, leaving iffue fir John 
Gnffin Griffin, who changed Ins name from Whitwell, 
by att of parliament, 22c! Geo. II. knight ot the bath; 
born in 1733; called up to the houte of peers by the 
ftyle and titleof lord Howard ot Walden, Auguft 7, 1784, 
as heir of James, la,ft lord Howard ot Walden ; and May 
2 5» 1797, his lordfhip was created lord Braybrooke, ba¬ 
ron of Braybrooke in Northampto.nffiire ; with remainder 
toR-ichard-Aldworth Neville, efq. who has fince affumed 
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