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Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet

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Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet
High Sheriff of Devon
In office
1749
1755
Mayor of Plymouth
In office
1728-1729
1743–1744
Member of Parliament for Plymouth
In office
1739–1740
Personal details
Born(1708-08-31)31 August 1708
England
Died20 December 1773(1773-12-20) (aged 65)
Blachford, Devon, England
Spouse
Hannah Trefusis
(m. 1742)
Parent
RelativesJohn Rogers (grandfather)
EducationNew College, Oxford

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

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e "ThePeerage – Sir John Rogers, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 28 January 2007.
  3. ^ a b 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.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Plymouth
1739–1740
With: Robert Byng
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Wisdome)
1744–1773
Succeeded by
Frederick Rogers