Sir John Charles Rodgers, 1st Baronet (5 October 1906 – 29 March 1993), was a British

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politician. Rodgers was educated at

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, and in France and

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. He became a scholar in modern history at Oxford and subsequently joined the staff of

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. He then entered the private sector becoming deputy chairman of the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson Ltd. During World War II, he worked in the

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, the Department of Overseas Trade (as director of post-war planning) and the

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. He then worked in business, travelling widely and becoming chairman of the

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. He was a member of the

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General Advisory Council 1945–1952. Rodgers was Member of Parliament for

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from 1950 until 1979. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Eccles from 1951 and

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1958–1960.

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* 1906 births 1993 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at St Peter's School, York Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Trade Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub