John Jope Rogers

John Jope Rogers
The arms of the Rogers family of Penrose[1]
Born	16 February 1816
Died	24 April 1880 (aged 64)
Education	Oxford University
Occupation	Barrister, Inner Temple
Spouse(s)	Maria Hichens
Children	Margaret Hichens Mary Ellen John Peverell
Parent(s)	Mary Jope and John Rogers

John Jope Rogers (16 February 1816 – 24 April 1880) was the owner of Penrose, a house and estate near the Cornish town of Helston. The estate included Loe Pool, the largest lake in Cornwall, now owned by the National Trust. He was also an author and Conservative MP for Helston, Cornwall from 1859 to 1865.

Life and career

Rogers was born on 16 February 1816, to the Reverend John Rogers (1778–1856) and Mary Jope (died 1837).^[2][3] The eldest of four children, he inherited the estate of Penrose on 12 June 1856, following the death of his father. Part of this estate between Helston and Porthleven, and including Loe Pool, is now owned by the National Trust.

He married Maria Hichens (died 1880), the eldest daughter of William Hitchens, Esq of Camberwell Grove at Camberwell in 1844.^[4][5] They had three children,

1. Margaret Hichens (died 16 January 1939)^[6]
2. Mary Ellen
3. John Peverell (born 7 November 1846 – 1928),^[5] a captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.^[7]

Rogers published a biography of the Cornish painter John Opie which included a catalogue of 760 of his pictures.^[8][9] He was also Chairman of the old Cornwall Quarter Sessions, a Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall, president of the Helston Bank and president of the Royal Institution of Cornwall.^[10][11]

References

1. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, John Burke, 1833, p.299 accessed 26 February 2016
2. "John Jope Rogers". ancestry. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
3. "John Rogers". ancestry. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
4. "Marriages". The Gentleman's Magazine 176: 540. 1844.
5. "Pentre House". Porthleven Cornwall UK. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
6. Lundy, Daryll. "Mary Hitchens Rogers". The Peerage. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
7. von Arx, Rolf (1997). "Reverend Rogers' Quest For Mining Riches". British Mining Memoirs (Northern Mine Research Society) (59): 97–107.
8. "The County". The Cornishman (56). 7 August 1879. p. 4.
9. Rogers, John Jope (1878). Opie and His Works: Being a Catalogue of 760 Pictures by John Opie, R.A. Preceded by a Biographical Sketch. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
10. Wood, Jane. "Obituary in Western Morning News 27 November 1912. Death of Capt H Rogers". HMS Arethusa. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
11. Toy, H Spencer (1972). Helston Savings Bank.