Brigadier-General John Townsend St Aubyn, 2nd Baron St Levan, CB, CVO, DL, JP

1857 - 1940  (83 years)

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  Name	John Townsend St Aubyn
  Title	Brigadier-General
  Suffix	2nd Baron St Levan, CB, CVO, DL, JP
  Birth	23 Sep 1857	Balls Park, Hertford
  Christening	23 Oct 1857
  Gender	Male
  Trade,Profession,Job	24 August 1887 (29 years)	[Office] Lieutenancy of Cornwall (Deputy Lieutenant), Lieutenancy of Cornwall
  	Deputy Lieutenant
  Name	1905 (47 years)
  	appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1905
  Name	1908 (50 years)
  	Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1908 Birthday Honours list
  Name	1866-1908 (50 years)
  	known as Hon. John Townshend St Aubyn from 1866 to 1908
  Name	14 May 1908 (50 years)	Baron St Levan, of St Michael's Mount
  service-WWI	Mar 1918 (60 years)
  	Following the outbreak of the First World War, he was temporary brigadier-general from October 1914 to September 1916, received the honorary rank of brigadier-general in January 1917, and served with British Expeditionary Force in France as Staff Lieutenant from July 1917 to March 1918.[1]
  Death	10 Jan 1940 (82 years)	Baron St Levan, of St Michael's Mount
  	He died on 10 January 1940. His barony and the estate at St. Michael's Mount was inherited by his nephew, Francis Cecil St Aubyn, son of his brother Hon. Arthur James Dudley Stuart St Aubyn (1867–1897).
  Name	[Honour] Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
  	held the 2nd class of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle
  Trade,Profession,Job	[Office] Deputy Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall
  	Deputy Warden of the Stannaries
  Death	10 Nov 1940
  Occupation	[Office] JP Justice of the Peace for Cornwall, Cornwall
  	[Office] Deputy Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall  - Deputy Warden of the Stannaries
  	24 Aug 1887 (29 years) - [Office] Lieutenancy of Cornwall (Deputy Lieutenant), Lieutenancy of Cornwall  - Deputy Lieutenant for the county from 24 August 1887
  	1918 (60 years) - [Title] Provincial Grand Master of Cornish Freemasons  - Provincial Grand Master of Cornish Freemasons from 1918 until his death.[1]
  Association	Francis Cecil St Aubyn, 3rd Baron St Levan (Relationship: barony and estate at St Michael's Mount inherited by nephew, Francis Cecil )
  Person ID	I13631	AHP
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir John St Aubyn, 2nd Baronet; 1st Baron St Levan,   b. 23 Oct 1829, Clowance, Praze d. 14 May 1908, Eastbourne, Sussex (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Lady Elizabeth Clementina, 4th d Rear Admiral John Townshend Townshend/ST AUBYN, Wife of 1st Baron St Levan; daughter of 4th Marquess Townshend of Raynham Norfolk,   b. 23 Aug 1834, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, Sussex, England d. 18 Nov 1910, Clowance House, Clowance, Praze (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	15 Jul 1856	St George Hanover Square, London
  Age at Marriage	He : 26 years and 9 months - She : 21 years and 11 months.
  Documents		extracts Molesworth; Clowance; St Aubyn: Brentor: 1850-September 1939 Rev. Sir St Aubyn Hender Molesworth-St Aubyn, 12th Baronet Brentor: September 1939 – Brentor Parish
  Family ID	F3886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lady Edith Hilaria Edgcumbe/ST AUBYN, d of William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe,   b. 1862   d. 1931 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1892
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 34 years and 3 months - She : ~ 30 years.
  Children	1. Hon. Marjory Katharine Elizabeth Alexandra St Aubyn/PARKER,   b. 1893  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Hon. Hilaria Lily St Aubyn,   b. 1894  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F3887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Julia Georgina Sarah Wombwell/ST AUBYN, widow of 2nd Earl of Dartrey; d of Sir George Orby Wombwell, 4th Baronet   d. 1938
  Marriage	1933
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 75 years and 3 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F3888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Occupation - Deputy Lieutenant for the county from 24 August 1887 - 24 Aug 1887 (29 years) - [Office] Lieutenancy of Cornwall (Deputy Lieutenant), Lieutenancy of Cornwall  Trade,Profession,Job - Deputy Lieutenant - 24 August 1887 - [Office] Lieutenancy of Cornwall (Deputy Lieutenant), Lieutenancy of Cornwall  Name - 14 May 1908 - Baron St Levan, of St Michael's Mount  Death - He died on 10 January 1940. His barony and the estate at St. Michael's Mount was inherited by his nephew, Francis Cecil St Aubyn, son of his brother Hon. Arthur James Dudley Stuart St Aubyn (1867–1897). - 10 Jan 1940 - Baron St Levan, of St Michael's Mount  Occupation - - [Office] JP Justice of the Peace for Cornwall, Cornwall  Occupation - Deputy Warden of the Stannaries - - [Office] Deputy Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall  Trade,Profession,Job - Deputy Warden of the Stannaries - - [Office] Deputy Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Cornish stannaries, Duchy of Cornwall   = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories

  Agreement for letting fields, Bodriggy, Ventonleague, Phillack | to Robert Dugdale of Copperhouse, Phillack, butcher; Ref number AD1271/32; Date 25 Oct 1871 Agreement for letting fields, Bodriggy, Ventonleague, Phillack Parties: 1) Richard Baker Wingfield Baker, Digby Hanmer Richard Wingfield, trustees of the will and codicils of the late Sir John St Aubyn Baronet, as to the 13 parts in 60 parts of the premises hereinafter agreed to be demised, John St Aubyn of Pendrea, Gulval, esquire as to 47…