Sir John Rous, 5th Baronet (c.1728 – 31 October 1771) was a British Whig politician.
[1] Rous was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Rous, 4th Baronet and Lydia Smith.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.
[1] Rous was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament for Suffolk in the 1768 British general election after Rowland Holt had failed to secure sufficient support at the county meeting on 6 November 1767.
He voted four times in the House of Commons, every time on the side of the opposition Rockingham Whigs.