Sir John St. Aubyn, fifth baronet

(1758-1839)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: St. Aubyn, John, Sir, 1758-1839 NRA: Aubyn John St (1758-1839) 5th Baronet MP and Botanist DNB: St Aubyn, Sir John, fifth baronet (1758-1839), landowner and politician LBT ID: JoStAub1839 VIAF ID: 62922151 LOC ID: n83132164	B/BAP: 1758-05-17 DIED: 1839-08-10
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
Son of the fourth baronet (d. 1772); he was MP for Truro (1784), Penryn (1784-90), and Helston (1807-12) and a noted mineral collector. He fathered fifteen illegitimate children, but no heir.
REFERENCES TO Sir John St. Aubyn, fifth baronet: Lord Byron to John Murray, 21 August 1817 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 2 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1817 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter X. Found 1: ¶ 43 Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 1 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VIII. 1818-19. Found 1: ¶ 14