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{{Short description|British peer}}
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| name         = Henry St John, 13th Baron St John of Bletso
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| birth_date   = {{birth date|1758|08|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Woodford, Northamptonshire]], England
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1805|12|18|1758|08|02|df=yes}}
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| education    = [[St John's College, Cambridge]]
| father       = [[John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso|John St John]]
| relatives    = [[St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso|St Andrew St John]] (brother)<br/>[[John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso|John St John]] (grandfather)
| spouse       = {{marriage|Emma Whitbread|1780}}
| children     = 1+
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'''Henry Beauchamp St John, 13th Baron St John of Bletso''' (2 August 1758 - 18 December 1805) was a British [[peerage|peer]].
St John was born at [[Woodford, Northamptonshire]], the eldest son of [[John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso]], and his wife Susanna Simond, daughter of Peter Simond, merchant of London. He succeeded his father as 13th Baron in 1767.<ref name=Beds>[http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Bletsoe/TheSaintJohnFamily.aspx Bedford Borough Council Community Archives - The St John Family] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625120523/http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/CommunityAndLiving/ArchivesAndRecordOffice/CommunityArchives/Bletsoe/TheSaintJohnFamily.aspx |date=2011-06-25 }}</ref> He was at a private school at Easton, near Stamford, and was admitted at [[St John's College, Cambridge]], on 15 October 1776. He was awarded MA in 1778.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=ST776HB|name=St John, Henry}}</ref>
St John died at the age of 47 after a long illness.<ref name=Beds/>
St John married Emma Maria Elizabeth Whitbread, daughter of [[Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796)|Samuel Whitbread]] of Cardington, Bedfordshire, on 2 December 1780.<ref name=Venn/> She brought £30,000 to the marriage.<ref name=Beds/> His son St John died aged seven in March 1791 at Exeter and he was succeeded in the barony by his brother [[St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso|Andrew]].
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