Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet (31 August 1708 – 20 December 1773)[1] was a British lawyer and politician.

For other people named John Rogers, see John Rogers (disambiguation).

Early life

Baptised in Cornwood, he was the oldest son of Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Henley, daughter of Sir Robert Henley.[2] Rogers was educated at New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1724 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts two years later.[2] He was then Mayor of Plymouth for 1728-29 and 1743–44 and Recorder of Plymouth (in 1744?).[3] In 1744, he succeeded his father as baronet.[4]

Career

Rogers entered the British House of Commons as member of parliament (MP) for Plymouth in 1739, representing the constituency until the next year, when he was unseated.[5] He served as colonel of the South Devon Militia[6] and was High Sheriff of Devon in 1749 and in 1755.[2]

Family

On 28 October 1742, he married Hannah Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis at St Benet Paul's Wharf in London.[2] Rogers died of a stroke at his seat in Blachford in Devon[3] and was buried in Cornwood four days later.[2] He had no children and his younger brother Frederick succeeded to the baronetcy.[7]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "ThePeerage – Sir John Rogers, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 28 January 2007.
  3. Kimber, Edward; Isaac Kimber. The London Magazine. London: John Harris and Son. p. 1773.
  4. Kimber, Edward (1771). Richard Johnson (ed.). The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets. Vol. II. London: Thomas Wotton. p. 533.
  5. "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Plymouth". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. II (4th ed.). London: R. Baldwin. p. 361.
  7. Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 400.


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