Jane Eyre (1996 film) estate (and ultimately Mr. Rochester) with his wife, Bertha (Maria Schneider), who is mentally ill and kept locked away in an upstairs attic with a nurse, Grace Poole (Billie Whitelaw). The marriage is stopped by Bertha's brother Richard Mason (Edward de Souza) and lawyer Briggs (Peter Woodthorpe). Jane flees, her world crashing down is a nightmare. She recovers in the parsonage of her original aunt's home, discovers she is now a wealthy woman inheriting her long-lost uncle's fortune in Madeira. She gets a proposal of marriage from Parson St. John Rivers but her heart and soul is with Rochester. Jane
John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso March 1725. Their children included: British comedian and actor Alexander Armstrong is a direct descendant of St John. John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso (died 24 June 1757) was a British peer. St John was the son of Andrew St John and his wife Jane Blois, daughter of William Blois of Cockfield Hall, Suffolk. He was the uncle of Paulet St John, 8th Baron St John of Bletso and succeeded his brother Rowland St John, 10th Baron St John of Bletso to the title of Baron St John