Sir John Rogers, 6th Baronet

Sir John Leman Rogers, 6th Baronet (18 April 1780 – 10 December 1847)^[1] was a British politician and composer.

Born in Plymouth in Devon, he was the eldest son of Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet and Jane Lillicrap, daughter of John Lillicrap.^[2] Baptised in Cornwood on 5 October 1780, Rogers was educated at Winchester College in 1795.^[2] Two years later, he succeeded his father as baronet.^[3] Rogers served in the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), reaching the rank of Captain.^[2] From 1812 to 1813, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Callington^[4] and in 1838, he was High Sheriff of Devon.^[2]

In 1819, Rogers joined the London Madrigal Society and later, in June 1827, was elected the Society's first permanent president. He withdrew from this post in 1841 because of poor health.^[5] During his presidency he wrote some ten glees and madrigals, psalms and anthems, as well as several other musical composition.^[5] Rogers died unmarried and was buried in Cornwood. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Frederick.^[6]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 16 April 2009.
2. "ThePeerage - Sir John Leman Rogers, 6th Bt". Retrieved 20 February 2007.
3. Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 399–400.
4. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Callington". Retrieved 16 April 2009.
5. "Eastman School of Music, Official Website - John Leman Rogers". Retrieved 16 April 2009.
6. Dod, Charles Roger Phipps (1848). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 388.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Rogers, 6th Baronet