Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

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British statesman Tory politician Viscount in the Peerage of Great Britain human political philosopher political writer

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, was an influential early 18th-century English Tory statesman, political philosopher, and writer known for his role in British politics during the reign of Queen Anne and for shaping early conservative and republican thought.

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Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke canonical 6
Viscount Bolingbroke 3
Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Tory politician ⓘ
Viscount in the Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
human ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
political writer ⓘ
birthDate 1678-09-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Battersea ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1751-12-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
exiledTo France ⓘ
familyName St John ⓘ
father Sir Henry St John, 1st Baronet ⓘ
fieldOfWork history ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
influenced Alexander Pope ⓘ
United States Founding Fathers ⓘ
surface form: American Founding Fathers

British conservatism ⓘ
republican thought in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
knownFor critique of party politics ⓘ
opposition to Robert Walpole ⓘ
theory of the patriot king ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Parliament of England ⓘ
Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
monarchServed Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Queen Anne
mother Lady Mary Rich ⓘ
nobleTitle Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Viscount Bolingbroke
notableWork A Dissertation upon Parties ⓘ
Letters on the Study and Use of History ⓘ
The Idea of a Patriot King ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
politician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
pardonReceivedFrom George I of Great Britain ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Tory Party
peerageCreated 1712 ⓘ
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
positionHeld Leader in the House of Commons ⓘ
Secretary at War of England ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Northern Department ⓘ
reasonForExile support for the Jacobite cause ⓘ
spouse Frances Winchcombe ⓘ

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The Scriblerus Club → hasMember → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
Bishop Francis Atterbury → associatedWith → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Atterbury
this entity surface form: Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke
Lord Bolingbroke → name → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
Lord Bolingbroke → nobleTitle → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viscount Bolingbroke
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse → author → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
Martinus Scriblerus → createdBy → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus → author → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke → nobleTitle → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viscount Bolingbroke
Henry Benedict Medlicott St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke → nobleTitle → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viscount Bolingbroke
court of Queen Anne → significantPerson → Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ⓘ