John Rogerson (1676–1741)
John Rogerson was an Irish politician, lawyer, and judge who became Solicitor-General, Attorney-General for Ireland, and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland.
He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, and graduated in 1694. He entered Middle Temple in 1690 and was called to the Irish Bar in 1701.
Rogerson was Member of Parliament for Granard and Dublin City. He was appointed as Solicitor-General in 1714. He became Attorney-General for Ireland in 1720 and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1727. The last promotion was much against the wishes of the influential Archbishop of Armagh, Hugh Boulter, who interfered regularly in judicial appointments, invariably preferred English born officials to Irish, and disliked Rogerson personally. It was said that Rogerson's great fortune, which he inherited from his father, played a part in his elevation to the Bench.
He was the elder son of Sir John Rogerson, Member of Parliament for Clogher and Dublin City, who gave his name to Sir John Rogerson's Quay, and who left his son a large fortune. His mother was Sir John's first wife Elizabeth Proby, daughter of Emmanuel Proby.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen Ludlow MP and had at least five children:
- John
- Elizabeth, who married Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne, and had four children
- Arabella, who married firstly William Casaubon, and secondly Sir James Cotter, 1st Baronet, by whom she had four children
- Frances
- Hannah, who married as his second wife Anthony Jephson, MP for Mallow, and had six children.
