Frederick St John (British Army officer)

The Honourable

Frederick St John
Born(1765-12-20)20 December 1765
Died19 November 1844(1844-11-19) (aged 78)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1779–1844
RankGeneral
Battles / wars
RelationsFrederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (father)
Arms of St John: Argent, on a chief gules two mullets or

General Frederick St John (20 December 1765 – 19 November 1844) was an officer of the British Army and a politician.[1] He rose to the rank of general during his career and saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Second Anglo-Maratha War. He also sat briefly for the constituency of Oxford.

  1. ^ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820, ed. R. Thorne, 1986