title: Roger Pope
text: # Roger Pope
  
  Roger Pope (died 1647) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1647. He fought in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Pope was possibly the son of Thomas Pope of Shrewsbury and his wife Luciad Edwards, daughter of Thomas Edwards of Shrewsbury.
  
  Pope married a daughter of Thomas Mytton.
  
  ## Career
  
  He fought in the Parliamentarian army in the Civil War, assisting General Thomas Mytton in North Wales. In 1646 he was a colonel and was appointed governor of Holt Castle after its capture in January 1647.
  
  In 1647, Pope was elected Member of Parliament for Merioneth in the Long Parliament.
  
  ## Death
  
  He died a few months after being elected Member of Parliament.
  
  