Richard Reid Rogers (December 4, 1867 – November 10, 1949) was a prominent United States lawyer, specializing in transit law.
[1] After his father's unexpected death, his mother remarried to Judge Richard Reid.
[1] He began his career in New York City with Guthrie, Cravath, & Henderson, before serving as the general counsel to both the Isthmian Canal Commission and later the Panama Railroad Company.
[1] On June 20, 1906, Rogers was appointed as general counsel to the Isthmian Canal Commission, to replace outgoing Governor Charles Edward Magoon.
Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of four: Elisabeth Auguste (1915–2003), Richard Christian (1917–1985), Waldemar (1919–2002) and Marie Louise Olga (1921–1999), who were permitted to title themselves Prinz/Prinzessin von Hessen (Prince/Princess of Hesse).