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     Lady Arabella Egerton was the daughter of Sir John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgwater and Lady Frances Stanley.¹ She married Sir Oliver St. John, son of Sir Oliver St. John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet, before March 1628.¹ She died circa 1669 at Welby, Lincolnshire, England.¹ She was buried in 1669 at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.¹ Her will (dated 2 January 1668/9) was probated on 5 May 1669.¹
     From before March 1628, her married name became St. John.¹

     Sir Paulet St. John was born on 24 July 1608 at Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He was the son of Sir Oliver St. John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke and Elizabeth Paulet.¹ He and Elizabeth Vaughan obtained a marriage license on 10 December 1632 at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London, England.¹ He died in 1638.¹ His will (dated 10 December 1632) was probated on 27 June 1638.¹
     Sir Paulet St. John was invested as a Knight Bachelor.¹

     Elizabeth Vaughan was born circa 1615.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Rowland Vaughan.¹ She and Sir Paulet St. John obtained a marriage license on 10 December 1632 at St. Botolph's, Bishopsgate, London, England.¹
     From 10 December 1632, her married name became St. John.¹

     
     Sir Rowland Vaughan lived at The Spital, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.¹

     Oliver St. John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke was born in 1634.¹ He was the son of Sir Paulet St. John and Elizabeth Vaughan.¹ He married Lady Frances Cavendish, daughter of Sir William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Elizabeth Basset, on 24 November 1654 at Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, England.¹ He died on 18 March 1687/88, without issue.¹ He was buried on 28 March 1688 at Bletso, Bedfordshire, England.¹
     Oliver St. John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke succeeded to the title of 5th Baron St. John of Bletso in June 1646.¹ He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke [E., 1624] in June 1646.¹ He held the office of Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire between 1667 and 1688.¹

     Lady Frances Cavendish was the daughter of Sir William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Elizabeth Basset.¹ She married Oliver St. John, 2nd Earl of Bolingbroke, son of Sir Paulet St. John and Elizabeth Vaughan, on 24 November 1654 at Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, England.¹ She died on 15 August 1678.¹ She was buried at Bletso, Bedfordshire, England.¹
     As a result of her marriage, Lady Frances Cavendish was styled as Countess of Bolingbroke on 24 November 1654. From 24 November 1654, her married name became St. John.¹

     William Basset married Judith Austen, daughter of Thomas Austen.²
     William Basset lived at Blore, Staffordshire, England.¹

     Paulet St. John, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke was born after 1634.¹ He was the son of Sir Paulet St. John and Elizabeth Vaughan.¹ He died on 5 October 1711, unmarried.¹ He was buried at Bletso, Bedfordshire, England.¹
     Paulet St. John, 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Bedford between 1663 and 1681.¹ He held the office of Recorder of Bedford.¹ He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron St. John of Bletso on 18 March 1688.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Bolingbroke [E., 1624] on 18 March 1687/88.¹ He held the office of Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire between 1689 and 1711.¹
     On his death, the Earldom of Bolingbroke became extinct.¹

     Sir John St. John was the son of Sir John St. John.¹ He died after 1502.¹
     Sir John St. John lived at Bletso, Bedfordshire, England.¹ He was invested as a Knight Bachelor in 1502.¹

     John St. John, 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso was the son of Oliver St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Bletso and Agnes Fisher.¹ He died in 1596, without male issue.¹
     John St. John, 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron St. John of Bletso in 1582.¹