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{{about|the merchant|the baronet|Sir John St Barbe, 1st Baronet}}
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| birth_date    = 8 October 1741
| birth_place   = Southampton, England
| death_date    = 9 January 1816
| death_place   = [[Blackheath, London]]
| nationality   = British
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| occupation    = British navy officer, shipbroker and shipowner 
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| known_for     = Whaling ship owner
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'''John St Barbe''' (1742–1816) was a British naval officer. He later became a prominent English [[shipbroking|shipbroker]] and shipowner in London. His vessels were active in [[whaling]], the [[penal transportation|transport of convicts]], and in the [[History of slavery|slave trade]].<ref name=SGITE>{{cite web|title=18th century churchwardens and their families|url=http://www.stgite.org.uk/media/churchwardens18cent.html|publisher=Anglican parish of St George-in-the-East|accessdate=20 October 2014}}</ref>

==Background and career==

He was born 8 October 1741 at [[Southampton]] to Alexander St Barbe and Eleanor Wyatt.<ref>Clayton, p.77.</ref> He joined the British [[Royal Navy]] and was listed as a lieutenant by January 1761 and a superannuated commander by August 1808.<ref>Syrett & DiNardo, p.391.</ref> He held the position of Hoytaker (inspector of chartered ships) at the [[Victualling Commissioners|Victualling Office]], from 1777 to 1784.<ref>Clayton, p.77.</ref>

He had two children by his first wife, Ann Mambey, whom he married In 1766, and who died in 1791.<ref>Clayton, p.77.</ref> His second wife, Margaret Galbraith, he married in June 1772 and they had ten children prior to her death in October 1802. Among his friends was ex Royal Navy surgeon and author [[Tobias Smollett]].<ref>Thomas Dunbabin, “William Raven R.N. and his Britannia, 1792-95,” ''The Mariner’s Mirror'', 46 (4) May 1960, p.297.</ref>

St Barbe entered into a business partnership with shipbuilders Taylor and Young from 1782 to 1784. He later had William Bignell, his brother-in-law, and John Green, as partners.<ref>Clayton, p.79.</ref> He was listed as a merchant in London commercial directories by 1791, with his address given as the same address as the Victualling Office. By 1783 he was named as an agent and broker. He also offered the services of [[ships husbandry|ship's husband]] and insurance broker. He appears to have owned at various times a cumulative total of some 24 vessels, including nine whalers prior to 1815.{{sfnp|Clayton|2014|p=259}}

In 1810, he purchased shares in the [[Surrey Commercial Docks|Commercial Dock Company]]. He was elected an Elder Brother of [[Trinity House]] on 1 December 1814.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6JvrTPAo7CQC&dq=%22john+st+barbe%22+1816&pg=PA246 Joseph Cotton (1818) ''Memoir on the origin and incorporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond'', London, J. Darling, p.246.]</ref>

He died on 9 January 1816, at his home in Dartmouth-row, [[Blackheath, London]].<ref>''Examiner'' (London), 21 January 1816, p.16</ref>

==Vessels==
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*{{ship||Anna Augusta|1801 ship|2}} (1801-1802)
*{{ship||Atlantic|1783 ship|2}} (1783–1810)
*{{ship||Britannia|1783 ship|2}} (1790–1797)
*{{ship||Canada|1786 ship|2}} (1782–1800)
*{{ship||Ceylon|1803 ship|2}} (1803–1809)
*{{ship||Comet|1800 ship|2}} (1800–c. 1805/10)
*{{ship||Crescent|1790 ship|2}} (1790–1798)
*[[Hired armed lugger Daphne|''Daphne'']] (1793–?)
*{{ship||Dart|1787 ship|2}} (1790–1792)
*{{ship||Duckenfield Hall|1783 ship|2}} (1796–1799)
*{{ship||Eurydice|1797 ship|2}} (1797–1798)
*{{ship||Mercury|1786 ship|2}} (1790-1798)
*[[Mohawk (1781 ship)|''Mohawk'']] (1789–1795?)
*{{ship||Orpheus|1794 ship|2}} (1794–1801)
*{{ship||Orpheus|1818 ship|2}} (1818–1820)
*{{ship||Sandown|1788 ship|2}} (C.1788–1792)
*{{ship||Scipio|1795 ship|2}}
*{{ship||Sir William Bensley|1802 Indiaman|2}} (1814–1823)
*{{ship||Snake|1808 ship|2}} (1808-1810)
*[[HMS Spy (1756)|''Southampton'']] (1786–1790)
*{{ship||Tellicherry|1796 ship|2}} (1796–1806)
*{{ship||Vernon|779 ship|2}} (1786–1791)
*{{ship||Wilding|1788 ship|2}} (1799–1805)
*[[Aurora (1789 ship)|''Aurora'']] (1789–1790)
*''Jackall'' (1785–1797)
*''Stormont'' (1784–1788)

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==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last1=Clayton |first1=Jane M |year=2014 |title=Ships employed in the South Sea Whale Fishery from Britain: 1775–1815: An alphabetical list of ships |publisher=Berforts Group |isbn=9781908616524}}
*Syrett, David, & R.L. DiNardo, ''The commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy 1600-1815'', Scholar Press for the Navy Records Society, 1994. {{ISBN|1859281222}}

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