Oliver St John

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Oliver St John was a prominent 17th-century English lawyer and politician who became a leading Parliamentarian figure during the English Civil War.

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instanceOf English lawyer
English politician
human
centuryOfActivity 17th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
educatedAt Lincoln's Inn
Queens' College, Cambridge
familyName St John
fieldOfWork law
politics
givenName Oliver
knownFor Parliamentary leadership during the 1640s
legal advocacy against ship money
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Parliament of England
notableFor leading role in opposition to royal prerogative taxation
prominent role in the Long Parliament
notableWork defence of John Hampden in the ship money case
occupation barrister
judge
politician
opposedTo King Charles I of England
participatedIn English Civil War
politicalAlignment Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War
positionHeld Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Solicitor General for England and Wales
religiousAffiliation Puritanism
residence London
linked to: London, England
supported Parliamentary cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms

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