Charles Rogers

Charles Rogers was a Scottish minister, antiquary, and historical compiler whose books assembled documentary evidence about families and institutions. Estimate of the Scottish nobility during the minority of James the Sixth presents a contemporary-style account of leading Scottish nobles during the young king’s reign, edited and supplied with notes by Rogers. Bibliographic records describe the 1873 volume as a ninety-two-page historical work and identify Rogers as compiler. The Scottish House Of Roger, privately circulated in an expanded second edition in 1875, traces the Roger family while adding material on the Playfair and Haldane of Bermony families. Google Books records that edition’s genealogical scope and 277-page length, and the Royal Historical Society later published Rogers’s supplementary notes on the same family history. These works reflect his method of combining pedigrees, archival notices, offices, marriages, and local history. Estimate of the Scottish nobility during the minority of James the Sixth addresses a national political elite, whereas The Scottish House Of Roger turns the same documentary attention toward lineage and connected Scottish families.