John Rogers (1807–1867) was an English barrister, known as a naturalist particularly interested in orchids, and gardener.

Early life

He was the son of John Rogers of London, and was often called John Rogers, Jun. He matriculated at

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in 1826, graduating B.A. in 1830 M.A. in 1833. He was

called to the bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...

at the Inner Temple in 1836. He was from a wealthy family background, and an only son, and was able to lead a gentlemanly life.

Career

Rogers was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 5 December 1839. He resided at

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near Sevenoaks, Kent, where he bought the estate in 1840. It was in that year that his father, John Rogers "of Upper Tooting", died. Rogers was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and supported plant hunting. He raised plants such as ''

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''. Among plants collected in the Real del Monte area of Mexico was one sent to Rogers, and initially named ''Hydrotaenia meleagris''. An account of it was published by

John Lindley John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist. Early years Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley w ...

in 1838, in ''Edwards's Botanical Register''. '' Masdevallia floribunda'' was in Rogers's collection by 1843. Charles Darwin referenced a ''

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'' collected for Rogers in Demerara, in an 1862 paper.

Personal life

Rogers married in 1833 Harriet Thornton, daughter of John Thornton of Clapham and his wife Eliza Parry. They had five sons and four daughters. Of those, Reginald Wellford Rogers, the second son, became vicar of Cookham; and the fifth son, Walter Francis Rogers, spent a period in Canada. The eldest son John Thornton Rogers (1834–1900) married in 1862 Margaret Bagwell, daughter of John Bagwell the Member of Parliament. The male line continued with their son John Middleton Rogers (born 1864), father of John Ernest Rogers (born 1900). Riverhill House remained in the family into the 21st century.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, John 1807 births 1867 deaths English barristers English naturalists Fellows of the Royal Society 19th-century English lawyers