Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet

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

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". Retrieved 16 June 2009.
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". Retrieved 16 June 2009.
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.