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Christopher Roper, 2nd Baron of Teynham | |
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 Arms of Roper: Per fesse azure and or, a pale counter-changed and three buck's heads erased of the second[1] | |
| Born | Dec. 1561 Lynsted, Kent, England |
| Died | 16 Apr. 1622 Lynsted, Kent, England |
| Noble family | Roper |
| Father | John Roper |
| Mother | Lady Elizabeth Parke |
Christopher Roper (b. Dec. 1561 d. 16 Apr. 1622) was a British.
The Roper family is an English family residing in Derbyshire.[2][3][4][5]
Early life
Christopher was the eldest son of John Roper, of Lynsted, Kent, and his wife Elizabeth Parke. The Ropers (whose original surname had been Musard)[6] were an old Kentish family with strong Catholic connections.
Present
In 1788, Henry Francis Roper inherited his cousin’s John Barnewall Curzon’s wealth and estate at Water Perry, Northamptonshire when he died. Henry legally added his name to his by Royal Licence and became Henry Francis Roper-Curzon.[7]
References
- ^ Crest: a lion rampant sable holding in the dexter paw a coronet or, Fox-Davies, Armorial families; As seen on several hatchments in Church of St Peter & St Paul, Lynsted, Kent
- ^ "Roper History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ "Person Page – 7376 (entry #73757)". Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Lord Dacre of Glanton". The Daily Telegraph (obituary). 27 January 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Lynsted with Kingsdown Society: The Roper Memorials"
- ^ "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire" pg. 1092
- ^ "Person Page - 16040(entry #160396)". Retrieved September 1, 2020.