The title Viscount Bolingbroke was created in 1712 the Peerage of Great Britain for Henry St John. St John was also given the title of Baron St John. After the first Viscount's death, the title was inherited by Frederick St John, who had previously succeeded to the titles of Viscount St John and Baron St John of Battersea, both in the Peerage of Great Britain.

Viscounts Bolingbroke (1712)

• Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678-1751)
• Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, 3rd Viscount St John (d. 1787)
• George Richard St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke, 4th Viscount St John (1761-1824)
• Henry St John, 4th Viscount Bolingbroke, 5th Viscount St John (1786-1851)
• Henry St John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke, 6th Viscount St John (1820-1899)
• Vernon Henry St John, 6th Viscount Bolingbroke, 7th Viscount St John (1896-1974)
• Kenneth Oliver Musgrave St John, 7th Viscount Bolingbroke (b. 1927)