The Rogers Baronetcy, of Wisdome in the County of Devon, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created in 1699 for John Rogers

Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet

Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet was an English politician and merchant.He was the eldest son and only surviving child of John Rogers and his wife Elizabeth Payne, daughter of Sir Robert Payne. Rogers entered the English House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1698, representing the...

, a merchant and Member of Parliament

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 for Plymouth

Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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. His son, the second Baronet, and grandson, the third Baronet, also represented Plymouth in Parliament. The latter was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Baron. He was a Captain in the Royal Navy

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. His son, the fifth Baronet, sat as Member of Parliament for Plymouth. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the sixth Baronet. He sat as Member of Parliament for Callington

Callington (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and was also a composer. He was unmarried and was succeeded by his younger brother, the seventh Baronet. The latter was succeeded by his eldest son, the eighth Baronet. He was a prominent civil servant and notably served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1860 to 1871. In 1871 he was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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 as Baron Blachford, of Wisdome and of Blachford in the County of Devon. He died childless in 1889 when the barony became extinct. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, the ninth Baronet. The latter was in his turn succeeded by another brother, the tenth Baronet, on whose death in 1895 the baronetcy became extinct as well.

William Cooper Rogers (d. 1857), younger son of the fifth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army

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. Robert Henley Rogers (1783-1857), younger son of the fifth Baronet, was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy

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Rogers Baronets, of Wisdome (1699)

• Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet
  Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet was an English politician and merchant.He was the eldest son and only surviving child of John Rogers and his wife Elizabeth Payne, daughter of Sir Robert Payne. Rogers entered the English House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1698, representing the...
  
   (c. 1649–1710)
• Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet
  Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet was an English lawyer and politician.Baptised at St Andrew's, Plymouth, he was the only son of Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Vincent, daughter of Spencer Vincent. In 1710, he succeeded his father as baronet...
  
   (1676–1744)
• Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet
  Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet
  Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet was a British lawyer and politician.-Background:Baptised in Cornwood, he was the oldest son of Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Henley, daughter of Sir Robert Henley. Rogers was educated at New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1724...
  
   (1708–1773)
• Sir Frederick Rogers, 4th Baronet (1716–1777)
• Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet (1746–1797)
• Sir John Leman Rogers, 6th Baronet
  Sir John Rogers, 6th Baronet
  Sir John Leman Rogers, 6th Baronet was a British politician and composer.Born in Plymouth in Devon, he was the eldest son of Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet and Jane Lillicrap, daughter of John Lillicrap. Baptised in Cornwood on 5 October 1780, Rogers was educated at Winchester College in 1795...
  
   (1780–1847)
• Sir Frederick Leman Rogers, 7th Baronet (1782–1851)
• Sir Frederick Rogers, 8th Baronet (1811–1889) (created Baron Blachford in 1871)

Rogers Baronets, of Wisdome (1699; Reverted)

• Sir John Charles Rogers, 9th Baronet (1818–1894)
• Sir Edward Rogers, 10th Baronet (1819–1895)