Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet

Sir Frederick Leman Rogers, 5th Baronet (23 July 1746 – 21 June 1797) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1780 and 1797.

In April 1780 Rogers started to campaign for a seat at Plymouth with Admiral Sir Charles Hardy one of the sitting Members.

When Handy died, Rogers stood for Plymouth as administration candidate at the by-election and in a contest was returned as Member of Parliament on 31 May 1780.

Having explained this to the Duke of Leeds who was Foreign secretary, he was given government support at the 1790 general election.

At the 1796 general election he was personally recommended by Pitt and was returned unopposed [4] Rogers died at Speenhamland, Berkshire on 21 June 1797 and was buried at Cornwood.