[1][2] After being called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1874, Rodger played little club cricket and none at first-class level.
He inherited Hadlow Castle on his father's death in 1882 and changed his surname to Rodger-Cunliffe in 1887 as a condition of his mother's will.
He married Jeanne Schmedding, again in Brussels, in January 1888 but later in the year was committed to Barming Asylum where he died, after a short illness, in October aged 41.
[1] As well as playing cricket, Rodger was a notable billiards player, twice winning the Champion Cue.
[1] His brother, John Pickersgill Rodger, played a single first-class match for Kent and was later Governor of the Gold Coast.