Sir John Leman Rogers, 6th Baronet (18 April 1780 – 10 December 1847) was a British politician and composer. Born in

Plymouth Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west. Plymouth ...

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, he was the eldest son of

Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet Sir Frederick Leman Rogers, 5th Baronet (1746–1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1780 and 1797. Early life Rogers was the eldest son of Sir Frederick Rogers, 4th Baronet, of Blachford and his first wife Grac ...

and Jane Lillicrap, daughter of John Lillicrap. Baptised in Cornwood on 5 October 1780, Rogers was educated at

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of the ...

in 1795. Two years later, he succeeded his father as baronet. Rogers served in the

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) The 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) was a Cavalry regiments of the British Army, cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was first raised in 1685 by the Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, Earl of Peterborough as the Earl of Peterborough' ...

, reaching the rank of

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. From 1812 to 1813, he sat as

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(MP) for

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and in 1838, he was

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. In 1819, Rogers joined the London Madrigal Society and later, in June 1827, was elected the Society's first permanent president. He withdrew from this post in 1841 because of poor health. During his presidency he wrote some ten glees and madrigals, psalms and anthems, as well as several other musical composition. Rogers died unmarried and was buried in

Cornwood Cornwood is a village and civil parish in the South Hams in Devon, England. The parish has a population of 988. The village is part of the electoral ward called ''Cornwood'' and Sparkwell. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,321. Blach ...

. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Frederick.

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* 1780 births 1847 deaths 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers Baronets in the Baronetage of England High Sheriffs of Devon People educated at Winchester College UK MPs 1812–1818 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Callington {{UK-army-bio-stub