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  Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1704 St John took office with Harley as secretary at war, thus being brought into intimate relations with John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, by whom he was treated with favour.
Bolingbroke in July entirely identified himself with the interests of the Pretender, whose secretary he became, and on September 10 he was attainted.
Bolingbroke retired baffled and disappointed from the fray to France in June, residing principally at the château of Argeville near Fontainebleau.
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 St John Henry Viscount Bolingbroke: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
St. John used the London Tory clubs and writers such as Jonathan Swift to influence public opinion in favor of his policies and carried on, despite protests from England's allies, separate peace negotiations with France.
In 1712 he was created Viscount Bolingbroke, and by the influence of Abigail Masham, Queen Anne's favorite, he gradually rose to become the leading figure in the government.
Bolingbroke's true intent is not known, but it is sure that, in anticipation of the succession of a pro-Whig Hanoverian to the throne, he negotiated with James Francis Stuart, the Old Pretender, and began replacing Whig officers, especially in the army, with Tories.
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 Henry St. John Bolingbroke - Selected primary works.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John Viscount, and Isaac Kramnick.
Bolingbroke; during the time he was secretary of state to Queen Anne; with state papers, explanatory notes, and a translation of the foreign letters, &c.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John Viscount, and Simon Varey.
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 Henry St. John Bolingbroke [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Henry St. John Bolingbroke was born in Battersea in 1678.
In 1712, he was called to the house of lords by the title of Viscount Bolingbroke and in 1713, against the wishes of nearly the entire nation, concluded the peace of Utrecht.
Bolingbroke's efforts to obtain a pardon were not successful and he retired to a small estate which he had purchased near Orleans.
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 Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke
These instructions were communicated to the French, though not to the allies, Louis putting Dunkirk as security into possession of England, and the shameful spectacle was witnessed of the desertion by the English troops of their allies almost on the battlefield.
In May Harley obtained the earldom of Oxford and was made lord treasurer, while in July St John was greatly disappointed at receiving only his viscountcy instead of the earldom lately extinct in his family, and at being passed over for the Garter.
Finally, a charge of corruption brought by Oxford in July against Bolingbroke and Lady Masham, in connexion with the commercial treaty with Spain, failed, and the lord treasurer was dismissed or retired on July 27.
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 Berkshire History: Biographies: Henry St. John (1678-1751), Viscount Bolingbroke
St. John soon became the invaluable supporter of Harley and the fast friend of the Duke of Marlborough, with the result that he was made Secretary-at-War when the moderate Tory party came into power in 1704.
When Harley was dismissed, as the Ministry tended to become more and more Whiggish, St. John affected to retire to the study of philosophy at his country home, the family seat of his wife, Frances, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Winchcombe, bart., at Bucklebury in Berkshire.
John chafed at his colleague's caution and was jealous of the popularity which accrued to him after Guiscard's attempt at assassination.
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 Bolingbroke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, a village where Bolingbroke Castle is located.
Henry IV, also known as Henry of Bolingbroke.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, commonly referred to as (Lord) Bolingbroke, Tory party Jacobite grandee and British statesman, born in Battersea in 1678, died 1751.
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 4Reference || Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke (1678 - December 12, 1751), was an English statesman and writer.
His exact date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized on October 10 1678, and was educated at Eton.
He bought and resided at the estate of La Source near Talk:Orléans, studied philosophy, criticized the chronology of the Bible, and was visited amongst others by Voltaire, who expressed unbounded admiration for his learning and politeness.
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 Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In 1710 St. John became northern secretary of state in Harley's new ministry, but he soon emerged as an opponent of Harley's moderation and a rival to his authority.
Oxford had initiated secret peace negotiations with France, but, even after he had learned of these and had forced his way into the discussions, St. John (after 1712 Viscount Bolingbroke) was not able to dictate the terms that were finally settled at the Treaty of Utrecht (1713).
Bolingbroke's failing health was further undermined by his distress at his wife's death (March 1750).
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Charles II., representing St. John the Baptist and the Evangelists, ….genealogical family tree of the St. John family; in the chancel is a pedigree of the same family from the Conquest, beautifully illuminated.
The churchyard being closed, a cemetery was opened at Hook, the land being given by Viscount Bolingbroke, and is 2 acres in extent; it is under the control of the Parish Council.
Viscount Bolingbroke is lord of the manor of the tithing of Hook, and Sir Henry Bruce Meux bart.
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 Bolingbroke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
He is more than surprised when Henry Bolingbroke (Ben Miles) reveals himself as a man who would be king and more than capable of seizing the throne.
King Henry IV of England, who was born at Bolingbroke Castle, is often referred to simply as "Bolingbroke".
Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke is also sometimes referred to simply by his title.
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 Henry St. John Bolingbroke, Viscount: Biography of Henry St. John Bolingbroke, Viscount   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Henry St. John Bolingbroke, Viscount: Biography of Henry St. John Bolingbroke, Viscount
Having studied at Oxford, he entered parliament in 1701, and in 1704 became secretary of war.
He again withdrew to France in 1735, but returned to England on the death of his father, and died in 1751.
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 Letters To Sir William Windham And Mr. Pope by Viscount Bolingbroke, Henry St. John eBook by BookRags
Henry St. John, who became Viscount Bolingbroke in 1712, was born on the 1st of October, 1678, at the family manor of Battersea, then a country village.
His grandfather, Sir Walter St. John, lived there with his wife Johanna,—­daughter to Cromwell’s Chief Justice, Oliver St. John,—­in one home with the child’s father, Henry St. John, who was married to the second daughter of Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick.
After education at Eton and Christchurch, Henry St. John travelled abroad, and in the year 1700 he married, at the age of twenty-two, Frances, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Winchescomb, a Berkshire baronet.
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 Man of Mercury: The Mind of Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke / S.W. Jackman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Jackman examines the fascinating life of Viscount Bolingbroke, his political, literary and personal achievements, and presents a determined and powerful man who was equally fallible and vain.
The author examines in detail the different aspects of Bolingbroke's thought and shows that, far from trying to put back the historical clock, this leading Tory of the Augustan Age was at one with the rationalist, empirical movement of his day.
Bolingbroke left a definite mark upon English History, and whether his career is to be admired or regretted, it cannot be ignored.
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 Hoot for the People
Early one morning in the winter of 1872-3 something snapped in the proud aristocratic head of Henry St John, fifth Viscount Bolingbroke, as he lay in bed in his mansion house at Lydiard Tregoze in Wiltshire.
You get a strong sense of that from the church at Lydiard, most of all from the triptych erected by Sir John St John, first baronet, in the 1630s, honouring his parents with the help of a genealogical table tracing their origins back to the conquest.
Henry himself was a notable roué (women and wine particularly) who having backed the wrong side had to flee to France to escape his impeachment, which led to his being stripped of his viscountcy.
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 Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, Occasional writer: a collection of pamphlets
[Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount.] A group of three related pamphlets, together with two replies.
When Lord Bolingbroke was pardoned, and returned to England from France in 1725, he soon joined the group of dissident Whigs, led by William Pulteney, who became bitter critics of the policies of Robert Walpole and his administration.
Both Bolingbroke and Pulteney were regular contributors to the leading opposition paper, The Craftsman, but they began as well a series of vituperative pamphlets, of which three listed below (together with two replies) are among the first.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 14504
John was the daughter of Sir Henry St.
She married John Lauriston Kneller, son of Godfrey John Kneller, on 11 March 1839.
John Lauriston Kneller is the son of Godfrey John Kneller.
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 ipedia.com: Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke, was an English statesman and writer.
He was the son of Sir Henry St John, Bart., and of Lady Mary Rich, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Warwick.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Article - ipedia.com
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 Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Magazines and Newspapers for: Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 8555
John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke and Mary Emily Elizabeth Howard, on 15 June 1950.
John Howard Cordle is the son of Ernest William Cordle.
Peregrine John Dickinson Pearson is the son of Michael Orlando Weetman Pearson, 4th Viscount Cowdray and Marina Rose Cordle.
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 ipedia.com: Viscount Bolingbroke Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The title Viscount Bolingbroke was created in 1712 the Peerage of Great Britain for Henry St John.
St John was also given the title of Baron St John.
After the first Viscount's death, the title was inherited by Frederick St John, who had previously succeeded to the titles of Viscount St John and Baron St John of Battersea, both in the Peerage of Great Britain.
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 NPG 593; Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
NPG 593; Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751), Statesman and writer.
Painted wearing his peer's robes as a Viscount, perhaps in 1712 when he was in Paris as ambassador.
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 Bolingbroke - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bolingbroke
Title of Henry of Bolingbroke, Henry IV of England.
My father's name was Walter Shirley, and he was a teacher in the Bolingbroke High School.
When Duke Henry of Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, deposed the king and himself assumed the throne as Henry IV, Chaucer's prosperity seemed assured, but he lived after this for less than a year, dying suddenly in 1400.
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 Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire
William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln (born circa 1096) built Bolingbroke Castle in the 13th century : a classic motte and bailey castle, with a wet ditch, the type of castle stereotyped by Hollywood 700 years later.
John of Gaunt, the son of Edward III, acquired the castle; and in 1367 it became the birthplace of John's son Henry, known as Henry Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV of England.
The castle underwent a Civil War siege in 1643, as the Royalists used it to garrison troops prior to the Battle of Winceby (11 October 1643).
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 AllRefer.com - St. John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke : Political Rise (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
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John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke, British And Irish History, Biographies
John used the London Tory clubs and writers such as Jonathan Swift to influence public opinion in favor of his policies and carried on, despite protests from England's allies, separate peace negotiations with France.
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 MSN Encarta - Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount
MSN Encarta - Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount (1678-1751), British statesman, born in Battersea, now in the Wandsworth borough of London, and educated at...
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 David Mallet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
In 1740, he collaborated with Thomson on a masque, Alfred, which wasthe vehicle for Rule Britannia.
His other plays and poetry,popular at the time, are largely forgotten, but he was a significant enough figure to be chosen by Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke as his literary executor.
Bolingbroke's writings were edited and published by Mallet in 1754.
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 Bolingbroke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
It is the site of a castle once owned by John of Gaunt.
King Henry IV of England who was born at Bolingbroke Castle is often referred to simply as Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke is also sometimes referred to simply his title.
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