Sir Tristan Justin Simon Peter St. John, 5th Bt MP DPhil(Oxon.)
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:28 pm
Name: Sir Tristan Justin Simon Peter St. John, 5th Bt. DPhil(Oxon.)
Age: 35 (born 1966)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White British
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Avatar: Thierry Baudet
Discord Username: Martinulus
Education: Eton College, MPhil (1988) and DPhil from Christ Church College, Oxford (1992).
Career: Obtained his PhD in 1992. Hung around New Labour for a while, but never joined. Took up a teaching assistantship at Boston University under Roger Scruton.
Returned to Britain in 1993, to work first as a teaching assistant and then as an assistant professor of Political Philosophy at Oxford University and started as a publicist and columnist for the Spectator in 1998.
Published several books, including The Battle for Britain (1996), an edited version of his PhD and Common Sense Politics (2000), in which he collected his increasingly conservative views. Joined the Conservative Party in late 1999 at the urging of William Hague and was parachuted to stand for Henley.
Party: Conservative
Constituency: Henley (2001-present)
Faction: Monday Club
Parliamentary Career: (if applicable) Elected in 2001.
Sir Tristan Justin Simon Peter St. John, 5th Baronet, DPhil(Oxon.) is a British intellectual, publicist and politician and the Conservative MP for Henley. He was born on the 15th of March 1966 to Sir Percival Philip Justin Martyr St. John, 4th Baronet, who enjoyed some fame as a conductor, and his wife Victoria St. John (née Churchill, a distant relative of Sir Winston Churchill). His grandfather, Sir Justin Arthur Phoebus Apollo St. John, 3rd Baronet, had enjoyed a distinguished intellectual career as an unpaid professor at the University of Oxford in addition to the management of the St. John estate in Oxfordshire. Having attended Eton College before studying Philosophy at Christ Church College, Oxford, he went on to obtain a DPhil in 1992 on a doctoral thesis that would later be published as The Battle for Britain: The European Project and British Values, in which he showed himself highly sceptical of further European integration on ideological grounds.
“Politically homeless”, as he described himself in his foreword to Common Sense Politics (2000), Tristan has associated himself with several political renewal movements, being a member of the SDP for a few years while a student and having considered joining Labour in the early years of Tony Blair’s leadership, but decided against it. He embarked upon a budding intellectual career in political philosophy, aiming to gain a fellowship at a university. To this end, he served in a research and teaching position at Boston University under the conservative philosopher of aesthetics, Roger Scruton, with whom he started corresponding during his PhD and who was part of his doctoral committee. He returned to Britain in 1993, seeking another academic job, and eventually found a teaching assistantship at Oxford that eventually led to his employment as an Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy. He has not, however, been tenured.
Starting as a freelance writer, he secured the publication of the trade version of The Battle for Britain and occasionally wrote pieces for various publications. The trade version got him noticed by the editors of the Spectator, who offered him a weekly column, starting his career in opinion journalism. The general public have become acquainted with St. John’s increasingly conservative, populist, Eurosceptic and anti-immigration views. This drew the attention of the Conservative Party, which he joined in 1999 at the urging of William Hague. He stood for Henly at 2001 and was elected as a celebrity candidate.
Sir Tristan’s interests include classical music, fox hunting, philosophy and literature. He occasionally writes reviews in literary and philosophical journals. He will proudly admit to not watching television and not listening to modern music, considering classical music to be a superior variety. He is very particular about the proper pronunciation of his surname (which is pronounced “Sinjin”). He is a member of the Church of England, but isn’t particularly religious.
He has had various romantic relationships, but has so far remained unmarried. He currently has been together with his girlfriend for a year.
Point values
Male 0
Straight, unmarried, no children 5
35-45 when elected 10
Church of England 0
Eton 7 points
Doctorate, Oxbridge level (incl. Master) 20
Upper class 0
Famous relation 5
Professor at Oxbridge 25
Public intellectual 5
Major contribution (either of his two books) 10
Nationally syndicated column 10
Total: 97 points
Age: 35 (born 1966)
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White British
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Avatar: Thierry Baudet
Discord Username: Martinulus
Education: Eton College, MPhil (1988) and DPhil from Christ Church College, Oxford (1992).
Career: Obtained his PhD in 1992. Hung around New Labour for a while, but never joined. Took up a teaching assistantship at Boston University under Roger Scruton.
Returned to Britain in 1993, to work first as a teaching assistant and then as an assistant professor of Political Philosophy at Oxford University and started as a publicist and columnist for the Spectator in 1998.
Published several books, including The Battle for Britain (1996), an edited version of his PhD and Common Sense Politics (2000), in which he collected his increasingly conservative views. Joined the Conservative Party in late 1999 at the urging of William Hague and was parachuted to stand for Henley.
Party: Conservative
Constituency: Henley (2001-present)
Faction: Monday Club
Parliamentary Career: (if applicable) Elected in 2001.
Sir Tristan Justin Simon Peter St. John, 5th Baronet, DPhil(Oxon.) is a British intellectual, publicist and politician and the Conservative MP for Henley. He was born on the 15th of March 1966 to Sir Percival Philip Justin Martyr St. John, 4th Baronet, who enjoyed some fame as a conductor, and his wife Victoria St. John (née Churchill, a distant relative of Sir Winston Churchill). His grandfather, Sir Justin Arthur Phoebus Apollo St. John, 3rd Baronet, had enjoyed a distinguished intellectual career as an unpaid professor at the University of Oxford in addition to the management of the St. John estate in Oxfordshire. Having attended Eton College before studying Philosophy at Christ Church College, Oxford, he went on to obtain a DPhil in 1992 on a doctoral thesis that would later be published as The Battle for Britain: The European Project and British Values, in which he showed himself highly sceptical of further European integration on ideological grounds.
“Politically homeless”, as he described himself in his foreword to Common Sense Politics (2000), Tristan has associated himself with several political renewal movements, being a member of the SDP for a few years while a student and having considered joining Labour in the early years of Tony Blair’s leadership, but decided against it. He embarked upon a budding intellectual career in political philosophy, aiming to gain a fellowship at a university. To this end, he served in a research and teaching position at Boston University under the conservative philosopher of aesthetics, Roger Scruton, with whom he started corresponding during his PhD and who was part of his doctoral committee. He returned to Britain in 1993, seeking another academic job, and eventually found a teaching assistantship at Oxford that eventually led to his employment as an Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy. He has not, however, been tenured.
Starting as a freelance writer, he secured the publication of the trade version of The Battle for Britain and occasionally wrote pieces for various publications. The trade version got him noticed by the editors of the Spectator, who offered him a weekly column, starting his career in opinion journalism. The general public have become acquainted with St. John’s increasingly conservative, populist, Eurosceptic and anti-immigration views. This drew the attention of the Conservative Party, which he joined in 1999 at the urging of William Hague. He stood for Henly at 2001 and was elected as a celebrity candidate.
Sir Tristan’s interests include classical music, fox hunting, philosophy and literature. He occasionally writes reviews in literary and philosophical journals. He will proudly admit to not watching television and not listening to modern music, considering classical music to be a superior variety. He is very particular about the proper pronunciation of his surname (which is pronounced “Sinjin”). He is a member of the Church of England, but isn’t particularly religious.
He has had various romantic relationships, but has so far remained unmarried. He currently has been together with his girlfriend for a year.
Point values
Male 0
Straight, unmarried, no children 5
35-45 when elected 10
Church of England 0
Eton 7 points
Doctorate, Oxbridge level (incl. Master) 20
Upper class 0
Famous relation 5
Professor at Oxbridge 25
Public intellectual 5
Major contribution (either of his two books) 10
Nationally syndicated column 10
Total: 97 points