Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet (c. 1649 – 23 April 1710) was an English merchant and Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son and only surviving child of John Rogers and his wife Elizabeth Payne, daughter of Sir Robert Payne. He became a customs official in Plymouth and then moved to Bristol to engage in the lucrative tobacco trade, becoming a wealthy man. With his fortune he acquired several estates in the Plymouth area such as Cornwood, Ivybridge and Blachford, making Blachford over to his son John on the latter's marriage in 1698. Rogers became a common councilman in Plymouth and was made an alderman in 1694–96. He entered the

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(MP) for

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in 1698, representing the constituency for the next two years. He was created a

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, of Wisdome, in the County of Devon on 21 February 1699 and was appointed

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in 1701. Rogers died in

and was buried at

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. He had married, in 1696, Mary Vincent, daughter of William Spencer Vincent. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by their only surviving son

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1649 births 1710 deaths 17th-century merchants Baronets in the Baronetage of England High Sheriffs of Devon English MPs 1698–1700 Members of the Parliament of England for Plymouth {{17thC-England-MP-stub