Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet (14 June 1676 – 21 January 1744) was an

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lawyer and politician who sat in the

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from 1713 to 1722. Rogers was the only son of Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Vincent, daughter of Spencer Vincent and was baptised at

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on 14 June 1676. His father was a merchant of Plymouth and had also been Member of Parliament for the town from 1698 to 1700. On 9 May 1698, Rogers married Mary Henley, daughter of Sir Robert Henley at

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after which his father gave him the Blachford Estate at Cornwood, near Ivybridge. In 1710, he succeeded his father to the baronetcy. Rogers became Recorder of Plymouth in 1713 and was elected as

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(MP) for

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at the 1713 general election. He was re-elected MP for Plymouth at the

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but did not stand in

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. Rogers was

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in 1722 and again in 1741. Rogers died on 21 January 1744 aged 67 and was buried in

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a week later. He and his wife had five sons and five daughters. He was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his sons

Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet (31 August 1708 – 20 December 1773) was a Great Britain, 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 Si ...

and Frederick.

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