Wednesday, 25 October 2017
1716 Francis Rogers
Constituency : Devizes 1906-10
Francis took Devizes from the Tories.
Francis was a landowner and farmer in Wiltshire. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. He was a Witshire county councillor. He stood for Devizes in 1900.
Francis's maiden speech called for the extension of small holdings using Crown land.
Francis was defeated in January 1910. He contested Salisbury in December.
Francis was appointed a Commissioner of the Board of Agriculture in 1911.
He died in 1925 aged 56.
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