John Hermengil Tichborne (1679 – 5 May 1748) was a Jesuit priest and the 5th Baronet Tichborne. ^[1] He succeeded to the title on the death of his older brother Henry Joseph Tichborne, the 4th Baronet in 1743. ^[2]

Born in Tichborne in Hampshire in 1679, John Hermengil Tichborne was a younger son of Henry Tichborne, the 3rd Baronet, and Mary née Arundel (1622–1698), ^[3] the daughter of Charles Arundell, a younger brother of Thomas, Lord Arundell of Wardour, a Catholic family. John Hermengil Tichborne was one of four sons and five daughters, four of whom died in infancy. ^[4] These included: Henry Joseph Tichborne, the 4th baronet; John and Charles Tichborne, who both died young; Winifred, who died as an infant; Lettice, who married Henry Whettenhall and whose son, Henry, also became a Jesuit priest in Europe; ^[5] Mary, who became a nun; and Frances, who in 1694 married John Paston. ^[6]

The Tichborne's were one of the leading Catholic families in Hampshire, and John Hermengil Tichborne entered the Society of Jesus on 21 October 1700 aged 21 and professed on 2 February 1717. ^[7] Between 1728 and his death in 1748 he lived mostly at Ghent in Belgium. ^{[2] [8]}

Father Sir John Hermengil Tichborne died unmarried in Ghent in Belgium in 1748. ^[2] The title passed to Sir Henry Tichborne, the 6th Baronet.

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• Sir John Hermengil Tichborne, 5th Bt - The Peerage Database