Andrew Beauchamp St John, 21st Baron St John of Bletso

Andrew Beauchamp St John, 21st Baron St John of Bletso

Andrew Beauchamp St John, 21st Baron St John of Bletso (23 August 1918 – 11 February 1978) was an English peer.

He was the third son of Rowland St John (3rd son of Beauchamp St John 17th Baron) and Katherine Lockwood. He was educated at Wellington and joined the Bank of England in 1937. He served in the Indian Army in World War II, and was later was a Lt-Colonel in the Royal Artillery (TA), commanding the Tower Hamlets Regiment (TA) from 1951 to 1954. He was awarded the TD. After the war he was living at Old Deer Park Gardens Richmond with his parents, and in 1955 married Katherine Berg, daughter of Alfred Berg. He emigrated to South Africa in 1957 where he joined Syfret's Trust Company in Cape Town. He became the 21st Baron St John on the death of his cousin in 1976 but only lived to enjoy it for one year.

References

* Burke's Baronetage & Peerage


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