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ST. JOHN, HENRY ST. ANDREW, second son of Rev. John Francis Seymour St. John, Prebendary of Worcester, and Frances, dau. of Richard Fleming; nephew of St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 30 Nov 1796; adm. Midsummer 1810; in school list Oct 1814; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1814; BA 1816; MA 1819; ordained deacon (Worcester) 1820, priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1821; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey 1821-33; Vicar of Addingham, Cumberland 1834-8; Vicar of Hilton, Dorset, from 1838; m. 12 May 1835 Emily Murray, second dau. of Andrew Belcher; d. 2 Dec 1874.

ST. JOHN, FLEMING, brother of Henry St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 25 Mar 1801; adm. 17 Jan 1811; m. 15 May 1832 Mary, fourth dau. of John Freeman, Gaines, Herefordshire; d. 18 May 1857.

ST. JOHN, AMBROSE, second son of Henry St. John, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Henry Wigley, Pensham House, Worcs.; nephew of St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 29 Jun 1815; adm. 13 Jan 1829 (Scott's); KS 1830; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; BA 1838; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1840, priest (Canterbury) 22 May 1842; Curate, Walmer, Kent 1840-5; received into Roman Catholic Church Oct 1845; accompanied J. H. Newman to Rome 1846, where they joined the Oratorians and were ordained RC priests 1847; one of original Oratorian community which Newman established at Maryvale Jan 1848 and which moved to Hagley Road, Edgbaston 1852; volunteered with Newman to assist the Catholic priests at Bilston during cholera epidemic 1849; Head Master, Oratory School, Edgbaston, from 1862; went on mission to Rome 1867 about the Oratory School and the proposed Oratory at Oxford; broke down from overwork while translating Fessler’s book True and False Infallibility; called in Rome Newman’s “Angel Guardian”, and, “certainly”, Newman wrote, “he has been to me Azarias, the son of Ananias” (Ward, Life of J. H. Newman, 1912, ii, 410, 412); his name is singled out in the concluding paragraphs of the Apologia; d. 24 May 1875. Buried Rednal, Shropshire, where Newman was later buried in the same grave.

St. John, Hon. Ambrose, younger brother of Hon. Henry St. John (qv); b. 17 Oct 1743; at school in 1757 (Porten's); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Oct 1762; ordained deacon 11 Aug 1771, priest 22 Sep 1771 (both Lincoln); Rector of Bledsoe, Bedfordshire, from 23 Sep 1771 ; d. unm. 18 Jul 1775.

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ST. AUBYN, WILLIAM JOHN, natural son of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Dec 1794; adm. 21 Jul 1808; left 1811; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1814; Downing Coll. Cambridge; BA 1824; MA 1828; ordained deacon and priest 1828; Rector of Stoke Damerel, Devon, from 22 Jun 1828; m. 1 Oct 1822 Ann Dorothy, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., LLD FSA MP; d. 30 Jul 1877.

ST. AUBYN, ROBERT THOMAS, natural son of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart. (qv), and Martha Nicholls; b. 6 Aug 1786; adm. (as Nicolls, R. T. ); at school 1800 (as Robert Thomas Nicholls St. Aubyn); in school list 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Nov 1806; BA 1810; ordained; Curate, Badsey, Worcs. 1814; Vicar of Powick, Worcs., 1814-23; Rector of St. Ruan Minor, Cornwall 14 Nov 1814-46; m. Frances, sister of Henry St. Andrew St. John (qv); d. 26 Sep 1875.

ST. AUBYN, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Wingfield, Washington, co. Durham; b. 17 May 1758; succ. father as 5th baronet 12 Oct 1772; adm. 19 Jan 1773; Grand Tour; High Sheriff, Cornwall 1781; MP Truro 6 Feb 1784-84, Penryn 1784-90, Helston 1807-12; Provincial Grand Master of Freemason, Cornwall, from 1785; partner, St. Aubyn & Co., bankers, Devonport, Devon c. 1790 – c. 1810; FRS 18 May 1797; FSA 1783 [check]; collector of minerals, fossils and Old Master engravings; m. 1 Jul 1822 Juliana Vinicombe; d. 10 Aug 1839. DNB.

ST. AUBYN, JOHN HUMPHREY, natural son of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart. (qv), and Martha Nicholls; b. 22 Jan 1791; adm.; left 1808; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; BA 1814; ordained deacon Sep 1814 (lit. dim. from Winchester); Vicar of Crowan, Cornwall 12 Sep 1818-28; author, Mazza, 1821, and two other novels; m. Elizabeth Anne, divorced wife of Sir John Tyssen Tyrrell, Bart., and eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Pilkington, Bart.; d. at Fontainebleau, France 17 Jul 1857.

ST. AUBYN, JAMES, natural son of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart. (qv), and Martha, dau. of John Nicholls, landscape gardener; b. 9 Dec 1783; at school under Vincent (signatory, Play Protest 1847), and probably J. Nicholls in school list 1797 (cf. St. Aubyn, Robert Thomas); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1802; BA 1806; MA 1809; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jul 1805, called to bar 22 Nov 1809; inherited father’s Devonport estate; m. 19 Feb 1829 (IGI) Sarah, dau. of Rev. Henry White, Rector of Fyfield, Hampshire; d. 23 Jun 1862.