Peerage Record – 54782

     Robert W. St. John is the son of Lt.-Col. Charles St. John.² He married Hon. Vanessa Marguerite Palmer, daughter of Raymond Cecil Palmer, 3rd Baron Palmer and Victoria Ellen Stevens, on 16 July 1977.¹

     Edward Robert Cecil St. John was born in 1982.¹ He is the son of Robert W. St. John and Hon. Vanessa Marguerite Palmer.²

     Camilla Victoria Celia St. John was born in 1980.¹ She is the daughter of Robert W. St. John and Hon. Vanessa Marguerite Palmer.² She married Edward Ridley-Day, son of Christopher Ridley-Day.³
     Her married name became Ridley-Day.³

     Laura Zoë Lylie St. John was born in 1985.¹ She is the daughter of Robert W. St. John and Hon. Vanessa Marguerite Palmer.²

     Melissa Lucy Amanda St. John was born in 1986.¹ She is the daughter of Robert W. St. John and Hon. Vanessa Marguerite Palmer.²

     Hon. Marjorie Elizabeth Palmer was born on 24 April 1910.¹ She was the daughter of Ernest Cecil Nottage Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer and Marguerite Osborne.² She married Frederick Richard Brown, son of Roger Grounds Brown, on 9 June 1945.¹ She died on 2 March 1996 at age 85.¹
     From 9 June 1945, her married name became Brown.¹

     Roger Grounds Brown lived at Liverpool, Merseyside, England.¹

     Frederick Richard Brown was born on 16 December 1910 at Lima, Peru.² He was the son of Roger Grounds Brown.³ He married Hon. Marjorie Elizabeth Palmer, daughter of Ernest Cecil Nottage Palmer, 2nd Baron Palmer and Marguerite Osborne, on 9 June 1945.¹ He died on 24 July 1991 at age 80 at Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England.^1,2
     He was educated at Leys School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.⁴ He was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.⁴ Between 1931 and 1953 he played 22 cricket test matches for England, 15 as captain.² He fought in the Second World War, including in Crete, and became a POW at Tobruk.⁴ He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in 1942.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Army Service Corps (R.A.S.C.)¹ He was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1971.² He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1980.⁵

     Christopher Frederick Brown was born on 22 October 1946.¹ He is the son of Frederick Richard Brown and Hon. Marjorie Elizabeth Palmer.² He married Suzanne Ryder in 1972.¹ He and Suzanne Ryder were divorced in 1996.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Suzanne Ryder married Christopher Frederick Brown, son of Frederick Richard Brown and Hon. Marjorie Elizabeth Palmer, in 1972.¹ She and Christopher Frederick Brown were divorced in 1996.¹
     From 1972, her married name became Brown.¹