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, 2nd Baron Teynham (b. Dec. 1561 d. 16 Apr. 1622) was an English peer. He became the second Baron Teynham in 1618, after the death of his father, John Roper, 1st Baron Teynham.
Christopher was the eldest son of John Roper, of Lynsted, Kent, and his wife Elizabeth Parke. The Ropers (whose original surname had been Musard)[2] were an old Kentish family with strong Catholic connections.
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
- ↑ "A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire" pg. 1092
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