The 7th Viscount Bolingbroke & St John 1927-2010

The 7th Viscount Bolingbroke & St John, died 5 July, 2010. He was 83.

 Kenneth Oliver Musgrave St John was born 22 March, 1927, son of Capt Henry Robert St John (1889-1972), and his wife the former Katharine Mary Musgrave (who died 22 April, 1958).

He succeeded his kinsman, 1 May, 1974, as the 11th Baronet St. John, of Lidiard Tregoze, co. Wilts [E., 1611], and as the 7th Baron St. John of Lydiard Tregoze, co. Wilts [G.B., 1712], & as the 7th Viscount Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1712], and as the 8th Viscount St. John, of Battersea, co. Surrey [G.B., 1716]. 

He married firstly, in 1953 (div 1972), Patricia Mary McKenna, daughter of B.J. McKenna, of Christchurch, New Zealand; married 2ndly, 22 December, 1972 (div 1987), Jainey Anne McRae, daughter of Alexander Duncan McRae, of Timaru, New Zealand, 

From his first marriage he leaves a son and heir, the Hon Henry FitzRoy St John (born 18 May, 1957), who now succeeds to the family honours, and two sons from his second marriage, the Hon Oliver (born 1972), and the Hon Nicholas St John (born 1974).

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