Richard Rogers (died 1643)

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Richard Rogers (c. 1611–1643) was an English landed gentleman and soldier who sat in the

Royalist side in the English Civil War
.

Rogers was the son of Sir John Rogers of Kilve. His father died in 1613, and his mother married again, becoming Margaret Banastre. Rogers came of age in 1632.[1]

In April 1640, Rogers was elected as one of the two

Members of Parliament for Dorset in the Short Parliament.[2] After being re-elected for Dorset to the Long Parliament later in the year, on 12 September 1642 he was disabled from sitting for sending forces into Sherborne Castle.[3]

Rogers married Anne Cheek, a daughter of

Charles Stewart, 6th Duke of Lennox. Rogersa married Sir Henry Belasyse.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 'Parishes: Kilve', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 5 (1985), pp. 96–103. Date accessed: 18 April 2011
  2. ^ Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Part II: A Series or Lists of the Representatives in the several Parliaments held from the Reformation 1541, to the Restoration 1660 ... London. pp. 229–239.
  3. ^ The parliamentary or constitutional history of England: being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times. Collected from the journals of both Houses, the records, ..., Volume 9
Parliament of England
Vacant
Member of Parliament for Dorset
1640–1642
With: Lord Digby 1640
John Browne
1641–1642
Succeeded by