Nathaniel Rogers (died March 1737), of Kingston upon Hull, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the

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from 1717 to 1727. Rogers was the son of John Rogers, merchant of Kingston upon Hull, and his wife Elizabeth Nelthorpe, daughter of Edward Nelthorpe of Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, who had married in 1665. His grandfather, John Rogers, was an alderman, and was mayor of Hull in 1652; his father was mayor in 1673, and died in 1680. Nathaniel in turn became an alderman of Hull. Rogers was returned as

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for

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, at a by-election on 13 March 1717 in succession to his brother-in-law, William Maister. He voted against the Government on Cadogan on 4 June 1717 and on the

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in 1719, and with them on the repeal of the Occasional Conformity and Schism Acts. He was re-elected at the 1722 general election, but did not stand in

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. Rogers died in late March 1737, and was buried in the South Choir Aisle of Holy Trinity Church (now Hull Minster) on 31 March:Parish Burial Registers. his tomb slab, shared with his brother John (d. 1728), much worn, can still be seen.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Nathaniel (MP) Year of birth missing 1730s deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 British MPs 1722–1727