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Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet
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	31 August 1708; England
Died	20 December 1773 (aged 65); Blachford, Devon, England
Spouse	Hannah Trefusis (m. 1742)
Parent	John Rogers (father);
Relatives	John Rogers (grandfather)
Education	New College, Oxford

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

^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "ThePeerage – Sir John Rogers, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 28 January 2007.
^ ^a ^b Kimber, Edward; Isaac Kimber. The London Magazine. London: John Harris and Son. p. 1773.
^ 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.
^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Plymouth". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.
^ 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.
^ Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 400.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Byng Arthur Stert	Member of Parliament for Plymouth 1739–1740 With: Robert Byng	Succeeded by Arthur Stert Charles Vanbrugh
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Rogers	Baronet (of Wisdome) 1744–1773	Succeeded by Frederick Rogers

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[1] "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[ThePeerage-2] "ThePeerage – Sir John Rogers, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 28 January 2007.

[London-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". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2009.

[Burke-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.

[Debrett-7] Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. Vol. I (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 400.

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