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{{Short description|British lawyer and politician}}
{{Other people|John Rogers}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet
| image       =
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| caption     =
| office1     = [[High Sheriff of Devon]]
| term1       = 1749<br/>1755
| office2     = [[Lord Mayor of Plymouth|Mayor of Plymouth]]
| term2       = 1728-1729<br/>1743–1744
| office3     = [[Member of Parliament (Great Britain)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth]]
| term3       = 1739–1740
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1708|08|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = England
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1773|12|20|1708|08|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = Blachford, [[Devon]], England
| education   = [[New College, Oxford]]
| spouse      = {{marriage|Hannah Trefusis|1742}}
| father      = [[Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet|John Rogers]]
| relatives   = [[Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet|John Rogers]] (grandfather)
}}
'''Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet''' (31 August 1708 – 20 December 1773)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsR2.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080501225205/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsR2.htm | archive-date = 1 May 2008 | title = Leigh Rayment – Baronetage | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 16 June 2009 }}</ref> 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 Sir Robert Henley.<ref name = ThePeerage/> Rogers was educated at [[New College, Oxford]], where he matriculated in 1724 and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] two years later.<ref name = ThePeerage/> He was then [[Lord Mayor of Plymouth|Mayor of Plymouth]] for 1728-29 and 1743–44 and Recorder of Plymouth (in 1744?).<ref name = London/> In 1744, he succeeded his father as baronet.<ref>{{cite book | last = Kimber | first = Edward | authorlink = Edward Kimber | publisher = Thomas Wotton | editor = Richard Johnson | title = The Baronetage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the English Baronets | volume = II | year = 1771 | location = London | pages = 533 }}</ref>
==Career==
Rogers entered the [[British House of Commons]] as [[member of parliament]] (MP) for [[Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth]] in 1739, representing the constituency until the next year, when he was unseated.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons2.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231457/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons2.htm | archive-date = 10 August 2009 | title = Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Plymouth | url-status = usurped | accessdate = 16 June 2009 }}</ref> He served as colonel of the [[South Devon Militia]]<ref name = Burke>{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | title = A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire | publisher = R. Baldwin | location = London | volume = II | edition = 4th | year = 1832 | pages = 361 }}</ref> and was [[High Sheriff of Devon]] in 1749 and in 1755.<ref name = ThePeerage/>
==Family==
On 28 October 1742, he married Hannah Trefusis, daughter of Thomas Trefusis at [[St Benet Paul's Wharf]] in [[London]].<ref name = ThePeerage/> Rogers died of a stroke at his seat in [[Blachford, Devon|Blachford]] in Devon<ref name = London>{{cite book | last = Kimber | first = Edward |author2=Isaac Kimber  | title = The London Magazine | location = London | publisher = John Harris and Son | pages = 1773 }}</ref> and was buried in Cornwood four days later.<ref name = ThePeerage>{{cite web | url= http://www.thepeerage.com/p14341.htm#i143404| title= ThePeerage – Sir John Rogers, 3rd Bt | accessdate= 28 January 2007}}</ref> He had no children and his younger brother Frederick succeeded to the baronetcy.<ref name = Debrett>{{cite book | last = Debrett | first = John | publisher = G. Woodfall | edition = 5th | title = Debrett's Baronetage of England | volume = I | year = 1824 | location = London | pages = 400 }}</ref>
==References==
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{{s-bef| before = [[Robert Byng (18th-century MP)|Robert Byng]] <br/> [[Arthur Stert]] }}
{{s-ttl| title  = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Plymouth]]
| with   = [[Robert Byng (18th-century MP)|Robert Byng]]
| years  = 1739–1740 }}
{{s-aft| after  = [[Arthur Stert]] <br/> [[Charles Vanbrugh]] }}
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{{s-bef| before = [[Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet|John Rogers]] }}
{{s-ttl| title  = [[Rogers baronets|Baronet]] <br/> '''(of Wisdome)'''
| years  = 1744–1773 }}
{{s-aft| after  = Frederick Rogers }}
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[[Category:1708 births]]
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[[Category:Alumni of New College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of England]]
[[Category:Devon Militia officers]]
[[Category:British MPs 1734–1741]]
[[Category:High sheriffs of Devon]]
[[Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Plymouth]]
[[Category:Mayors of Plymouth]]
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