Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

1678 - 1751

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country of citizenship: Kingdom of England, Great Britain

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Oxford, Eton College

occupation: politician, philosopher, historian, writer

award received: Fellow of the Royal Society

position held: Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, Secretary of State for the Northern Department, Secretary at War, member of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 2nd Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 3rd Parliament of Great Britain, Member of the 1701 Parliament, Member of the 1701-02 Parliament, Member of the 1702-05 Parliament, Member of the 1705-07 Parliament, Lord Lieutenant of Essex

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (; 16 September 1678 – 12 December 1751) was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically despite his antireligious views and opposition to theology. He supported the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 which sought to overthrow the new king George I. Escaping to France he became foreign minister for James Francis Edward Stuart. He was attainted for treason, but reversed course and was allowed to return to England in 1723. According to Ruth Mack, "Bolingbroke is best known for his party politics, including the ideological history he disseminated in The Craftsman (1726–1735) by adopting the formerly Whig theory of the Ancient Constitution and giving it new life as an anti-Walpole Tory principle." Source: Wikipedia (en)