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| birth_date = 26 August 1874
| birth_place =[[Hampshire]], England
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| death_place =[[Beaulieu, Hampshire]]
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Lieutenant-Colonel '''Sir Henry Beauchamp St John''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCIE|CBE}} (26 August 1874 – 5 October 1954) was a [[British Indian Army]] and [[Indian Political Service]] officer.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Sir Beauchamp St. John: Political Service In India |work=[[The Times]] |page=8 |date=9 October 1954 }}</ref>

==Biography==

St John was born on 26 August 1874, the son of Colonel Sir [[Oliver St John (civil servant)|Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John, KCSI, RE]], and educated at [[Bedford School]].

He was originally commissioned into the [[Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry]] in 1893, and transferred to the [[Indian Staff Corps]] in 1894. He served on the North West Frontier with the 45th (Rattray's) Sikhs at the defence of Malakand; relief of Chakdara, Malakand; action of Landakai; operations in Bajaur and in the Mamund Country; Tirah 1897, operations in the Barah Valley 7 to 14 December 1897. He was promoted to [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] on 30 August 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27498 |page=7941 |date=25 November 1902}}</ref>

He was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in 1913 and a Commander (military) of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE), and mentioned in despatches for valuable services in the field during the Third Afghan War (London Gazette 3 August 1920). Was an administrator in [[British India]], his many political appointments included Agent to the Governor General, Punjab States 1925–27; he twice served as the Chief Commissioner of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchistan]]. He was Prime Minister of Jaipur State from 1933 to 1939. He was knighted and appointed a KCIE in the News Years Honours list of 1 January 1930. In retirement, in his last years, he lived at Beaulieu, Hampshire.

In 1907 he married Olive Herbert, daughter of the late Colonel C. Herbert CSI, they had one son.<ref name="times"/><ref>[http://rulers.org/indprov.html Provinces of British India]</ref>

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{{succession box |title=[[List of Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan|Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan]]||
years=June 1922-15 September 1923|
before= [[Armine Brereton Dew]]|
after=[[Frederick William Johnston]]}}

{{succession box |title=[[List of Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan|Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan]]||
years=4 November 1927-2 February 1929|
before= [[Edmond Henry Salt James]]|
after=[[Edmond Henry Salt James]]}}
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[[Category:Indian Political Service officers]]
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[[Category:1954 deaths]]
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[[Category:People educated at Bedford School]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:St John family|Henry Beauchamp]]

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