Sir John Rous, 5th Baronet (c.1728 – 31 October 1771) was a British Whig politician. Rous was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Rous, 4th Baronet and Lydia Smith. He was educated at

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. On 8 June 1735 he succeeded to his father's

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and on 5 June 1749 he married Judith Bedingfield. Rous was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament for

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in the

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after

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had failed to secure sufficient support at the county meeting on 6 November 1767. He voted four times in the

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, every time on the side of the opposition

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. He died on 31 October 1771.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rous, John, 5th Baronet 1720s births 1771 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of England British MPs 1768–1774 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies