Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet explained

Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet
Term1:1749
1755
Office2:Mayor of Plymouth
Term2:1728-1729
1743–1744
Office3:Member of Parliament for Plymouth
Term3:1739–1740
Birth Date:31 August 1708
Birth Place:England
Death Place:Blachford, Devon, England
Education:New College, Oxford
Father:John Rogers
Relatives:John Rogers (grandfather)

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. Rogers was educated at New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1724 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts two years later. He was then Mayor of Plymouth for 1728-29 and 1743–44 and Recorder of Plymouth (in 1744?). In 1744, he succeeded his father as baronet.[2]

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.[3] He served as colonel of the South Devon Militia[4] and was High Sheriff of Devon in 1749 and in 1755.

Family

On 28 October 1742, he married Hannah Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis at St Benet Paul's Wharf in London. Rogers died of a stroke at his seat in Blachford in Devon[5] and was buried in Cornwood four days later.[6] He had no children and his younger brother Frederick succeeded to the baronetcy.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment – Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225205/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsR2.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 16 June 2009 .
  2. Book: Kimber, Edward . Edward Kimber

    . Edward Kimber . Thomas Wotton . Richard Johnson . The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets . II . 1771 . London . 533 .

  3. Web site: Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Plymouth . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231457/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons2.htm . 10 August 2009 . usurped . 16 June 2009 .
  4. Book: Burke, John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . R. Baldwin . London . II . 4th . 1832 . 361 .
  5. Book: Kimber, Edward . Isaac Kimber . The London Magazine . London . John Harris and Son . 1773 .
  6. Web site: ThePeerage – Sir John Rogers, 3rd Bt . 28 January 2007.
  7. Book: Debrett, John . G. Woodfall . 5th . Debrett's Baronetage of England . I . 1824 . London . 400 .