Sir John Rogers, 6th Baronet
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Biography
Born in Plymouth in Devon, he was the eldest son of Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet and Jane Lillicrap, daughter of John Lillicrap.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Baptised in Cornwood on 5 October 1780, Rogers was educated at Winchester College in 1795.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Two years later, he succeeded his father as baronet.[2] Rogers served in the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), reaching the rank of Captain.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". From 1812 to 1813, he sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Callington[3] and in 1838, he was High Sheriff of Devon.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.[4] During his presidency he wrote some ten glees and madrigals, psalms and anthems, as well as several other musical compositions.[4] Rogers died unmarried and was buried in Cornwood. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother Frederick.[5]
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