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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