Sir John Rous, 5th Baronet

{{Short description|British Whig politician}}

Sir John Rous, 5th Baronet (c.1728 – 31 October 1771) was a British Whig politician.{{cite web |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/rous-sir-john-1728-71 |title=ROUS, Sir John, 5th Bt. (?1728-71), of Henham Hall, Suff. |last1=Namier |first1=L |last2=Brooke |first2=J |date=1964 |website= The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 |publisher=historyofparliamentonline.org |access-date=1 September 2023 |quote=}}

Rous was the only surviving son of Sir Robert Rous, 4th Baronet and Lydia Smith. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. On 8 June 1735 he succeeded to his father's baronetcy and on 5 June 1749 he married Judith Bedingfield.

Rous was elected unopposed as a Member of Parliament for Suffolk in the 1768 British general election after Rowland Holt had failed to secure sufficient support at the county meeting on 6 November 1767. He voted four times in the House of Commons, every time on the side of the opposition Rockingham Whigs. He died on 31 October 1771.