Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney

Oliver Peter St John, 9th Earl of Orkney^[a] (born 27 February 1938) is a retired Canadian political scientist and Scottish peer. The current Earl of Orkney, he is the son of Frederick Oliver St John whose parents were Sir Frederic Robert and Lady St. John (née Isabella Annie FitzMaurice).^[2][3] He inherited the earldom after his father's maternal relative Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney died childless in 1998.

The Right Honourable The Earl of Orkney
Born	Oliver Peter St John (1938-02-27) 27 February 1938 (age 87) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Spouses	Mary Juliet Scott-Brown ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1985)​ Barbara Huck ​ (m. 1985)​
Academic background
Alma mater	University of British Columbia London School of Economics
Academic work
Discipline	Political science
Sub-discipline	International relations
Institutions	University College, London University of Manitoba
Main interests	Terrorism

In his academic career, St. John was a lecturer at University College London, England, before moving to the University of Manitoba, Canada, where he rose to become professor of political studies. He retired from academia in 1998, the year he succeeded to the Earldom of Orkney, and was appointed a senior scholar by Manitoba.^[4][3][5]

Personal life

In 1963, St John married Mary Juliet Scott-Brown.^[4] Together they had four children: one son and three daughters.^[4] Their son, Oliver Robert St John, Viscount Kirkwall, is heir to the earldom.^[3] His first marriage ended in divorce in 1985, and that year he married Mary Barbara Huck (née Albertson).^[4] His second marriage brought four step-children.^[4] As a male-line descendant of the 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke, he is also in remainder to that title.

Selected works

• St. John, Peter (1977). Fireproof House to Third Option: Studies in the Theory and Practise of Canadian Foreign Policy. Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba.
• St. John, Peter, ed. (1984). Mackenzie King to Philosopher King: Canadian Foreign Policy in a Modern Age. Winnipeg, Manitoba: University of Manitoba Press.
• St. John, Peter (1991). Air Piracy, Airport Security, and International Terrorism: Winning the War Against Hijackers. New York: Quorum Books. ISBN 978-0899304137.
• St. John, Peter, ed. (2005). From the Great War to the Global Village: A Window on the World. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Heartland Associates. ISBN 978-1896150239.

Notes

1. Pronounced SIN-jun.^[1]