Andrew St John, 21st Baron St John of Bletso

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

Andrew St John, 21st Baron St John of Bletso TD
Born	(1918-08-23)23 August 1918
Died	11 February 1978(1978-02-11) (aged 59)
Spouse	Katherine Berg ​ (m. 1955)​
Relatives	Beauchamp St John (grandfather) Frank Lockwood (grandfather)
Military career
Service	British Army Royal Artillery
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Tower Hamlets Regiment
Wars	World War II
Awards	Territorial Decoration

Biography

He was the third son of Rowland Tudor St John (third son of Beauchamp St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso) and Katherine Madge Lockwood (second daughter of Sir Frank Lockwood). He was educated at Wellington College from 1932 to 1935 and joined the Bank of England in 1937. He served in the British Army in World War II, and was later a Lt-Colonel in the Royal Artillery (TA), commanding the Tower Hamlets Regiment (TA) from 1951 to 1954. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration.

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