Creation: let. pat. 9 Jul 1616

Family name: Roper later Roper-Curzon

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Argent on a Bend Sable three Popinjays Or collared Gules (Curzon);  2nd and 3rd, Per fess Azure and Or a Pale counterchanged three Buck's Heads erased of the second (Roper)

Crests:

1st:  A Popinjay rising Or collared Gules (Curzon);  2nd:  A Lion rampant Sable holding in the dexter paw a Ducal Coronet Or (Roper)

Supporters:

Dexter:  A Buck Or;  Sinister:  An Heraldic Tyger reguardant Argent

Motto:

Spes Mea In Deo (My hope is in God)

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John [Roper], 1st Baron Teynham

1st son of Christopher Roper, of The Lodge, Linsted, co. Kent, by his wife Elizabeth Blore, dau. and hrss. of William Blore, of Rainham, co. Kent

born

c.1534

mar. (1)

c.1560 Elizabeth Parke (d. 15 Sep 1567), dau. and hrss. of John Parke, of Malmain in Stoke, of Pluckley, co. Kent

children by first wife

1. Hon Christopher Roper, later 2nd Baron Teynham

1. Hon Elizabeth Roper, mar. 1585 Hon William Vaux (dvp. 13 Jul 1595), 1st son and heir ap. of William [Vaux], 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden, by his second wife Mary Tresham, dau. of John Tresham, of Rushton, co. Northampton, and hade issue

2, Hon Jane Roper, mar. Sir Robert Lovell

mar. (2)

bef. 4 Apr 1584 Elizabeth Monson (widow of Robert Monson, Judge of the Common Pleas;  dsp. bef. 22 Sep 1593), dau. and hrss. of John Dyon, of Tathwell, co. Lincoln, by his wife Margaret Yarburgh, dau. of Charles Yarburgh

died

30 Aug 1618

created

9 Jul 1616 Baron Teynham, of Teynham in the County of Kent

suc. by

son by first wife

Christopher [Roper], 2nd Baron Teynham

born

c.1561

mar.

20 Jun 1590 Catherine Seborne (d. 2 Oct 1625), dau. of John Seborne, of Sutton St Michael, co. Hereford, by his wife Sibyl Monington, dau. of Richard Monington, of Sarnesfield, co. Hereford

children

1. Hon John Roper, later 3rd Baron Roper

2. Hon William Roper

1. Hon Bridget Roper, mar. Sir Robert Hardstone, of Sampson, co. Kent

2. Hon Mary Roper

3. Hon Katherine Roper

4. Hon Elizabeth Roper

died

16 Apr 1622

suc. by

son

John [Roper], 3rd Baron Teynham

born

c.1591

mar.

20 Nov 1616 Hon Mary Petre (d. 14 Dec 1640), 3rd dau. of William [Petre], 2nd Baron Petre, by his wife Lady Catherine Somerset, 2nd dau. of Edward [Somerset], 4th Earl of Worcester

children

1. Hon Christopher Roper, later 4th Baron Teynham

2. Hon Francis Roper (b. bef. 1629)

3. Hon William Roper (b. bef. 1629)

1. Hon Catherine Roper

2. Hon Elizabeth Roper, mar. as his first wife Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall (bur. 2 Nov 1721), only son and heir of Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall (by his wife Elizabeth Brock, dau. of William Brock), 1st son and heir of John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall (by his wife Ann Gernigan, dau. of Sir Henry Gernigan, of Cossee, co. Norfolk), 1st son and heir of Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall (by his wife Lady Ann Stourton, widow of Charles [Stourton], 8th Baron Stourton, and 1st dau. by his first wife of Edward [Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby), 1st son and heir of Sir John Arundell, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall (by his wife Elizabeth Danet, dau. of Gerald Danet,of Danet's Hall), 1st son and heir of Sir John Arundell KB, of Lanherne, co. Cornwall, by his first wife Lady Eleanor Gray, 7th dau. by his second wife of Thomas [Grey], 1st Marquess of Dorset, and had issue

3. Hon Mary Roper

4. Hon Margaret Roper

died

27 Feb 1627/8

suc. by

son

Christopher [Roper], 4th Baron Teynham

born

c.1621

mar. (1)

c.1640 Mary Englefield (d. 21 Dec 1647), 2nd dau. of Sir Francis Englefield, 1st Bt., of Wotton Basset, co. Wiltshire, by his wife Jane Browne, 2nd dau. of Hon Anthony Browne (by his wife Mary Dormer, dau. of Sir William Dormer, of Ethorp, co. Buckingham), 1st son by his first wife of Anthony [Browne], 1st Viscount Montagu

mar. (2)

Philadelphia Mill (widow of Sir John Mill, of Newton Berry, co. Hampshire;  bur. 10 Nov 1655), 3rd dau. of Sir Henry Knollys, of Grove Place in Nursling, co. Hampshire, by his wife Katharine Cornwallis, dau. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis

mar. (3)

29 Mar 1660 Hon Margaret FitzMaurice (d.c.1721), dau. of Patrick [FitzMaurice], 19th Baron Kerry, by his wife Honora Fitzgerald, dau. of Sir Edmond Fitzgerald, of Cloyne

died

23 Oct 1673

suc. by

son by second wife

Christopher [Roper], 5th Baron Teynham

born

mar.

1674 Hon Elizabeth Browne, only dau. of Francis [Browne], 3rd Viscount Montagu, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Somerset, dau. of Henry [Somerset], 1st Marquess of Worcester

died

bef. 24 Jul 1689

suc. by

son

John [Roper], 6th Baron Teynham

born

died

c.1697

suc. by

brother

Christopher [Roper], 7th Baron Teynham

born

died

23 Sep 1699

suc. by

brother

Henry [Roper], 8th Baron Teynham

born

c.1676

mar. (1)

25 Jan 1703/4 Hon Catherine Clare Smythe (d. 26 Apr 1711), 3rd dau. of Philip [Smythe], 2nd Viscount Strangford, by his second wife Mary Porter, dau. of George Porter

mar. (2)

22 Jan 1715/6 Mary Gage (bur.sp.10 Jan 1716/7), only dau. of Sir John Gage, 4th Bt., of Firle, co. Sussex, by his second wife Mary Stanley, dau. of Sir William Stanley, 1st Bt., of Hooton

mar. (3)

Mar. 1718 Lady Anne Barrett-Lennard, suo jure Baroness Dacre (widow of her second cousin Richard Barrett-Lennard, of Belhouse, co. Essex;  mar. (3) 16 Oct 1725 Hon Robert Moore MP;  d. 26 Jun 1755), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Thomas [Lennard], 1st Earl of Sussex and 15th Baron Dacre, by his second cousin once removed Lady Anne FitzRoy, 1st illegitimate dau. of King Charles II by his mistress Hon Barbara Villiers later Palmer, suo jure Duchess of Cleveland

died

16 May 1723

suc. by

son by first wife

Philip [Roper], 9th Baron Teynham

born

28 Feb 1707

died

13 Jun 1727

suc. by

brother

Henry [Roper], 10th Baron Teynham

born

c.1708

mar. (1)

17 Jul 1733 Catharine Powell (d. 22 Sep 1765), 1st dau. and cohrss. of John Powell, of Sandford, co. Oxford, by his wife Anne Windham, dau. of Thomas Windham, of Tale, co. Devon

mar. (2)

28 Feb 1766 Anne Brinkhurst (dsp. 16 Jan 1771), dau. of John Brinkhurst, of Preston-by-Faversham, by his second wife ....., dau. of ......, of the City of Oxford

mar. (3)

7 Sep 1772 Elizabeth Davis (widow of Thomas Davis;  mar. (3) Dec 1782 Evan John Gerard, of Heighton, co. Lancaster;  d.c.1801), dau. of ..... Newport

died

21 Apr 1781

suc. by

son by first wife

Henry [Roper], 11th Baron Teynham

born

7 May 1733/4

mar. (1)

2 Jun 1753 Wilhelmina Maria Head (bur. sp. 7 Nov 1758), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Sir Francis Head, 4th Bt., of The Hermitage, co. Kent, by his wife Mary Boys, dau. and cohrss. of Sir William Boys

mar. (2)

1 Oct 1760 Elizabeth Mills (widow of John Mills, of Woodford Bridge, co. Essex;  d. 4 Nov 1793), dau. of Joseph Webber, of Taunton, co. Somerset

died

10 Dec 1786

suc. by

son by second wife

Henry [Roper], 12th Baron Teynham

born

3 May 1764

died

10 Jan 1800

suc. by

brother

John [Roper], 13th Baron Teynham

born

27 Mar 1767

died

6 Sep 1824

suc. by

cousin

Henry Francis [Roper later Curzon later Roper-Curzon], 14th Baron Teynham

1st son of Hon Francis Roper (by his wife Mary Lyttelton, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Launcelot Lyttelton, of Lichfield, co. Stafford), 3rd son by his first wife of Henry [Roper], 10th Baron Teynham

born

9 May 1767

mar. (1)

21 May 1788 Bridget Hawkins (d. 29 Nov 1826), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Thomas Hawkins, of Nash Court, Boughton-under-Bloan, co. Kent, by his wife Mary Bradshaw, dau. of John Bradshaw, of St Stephen's Walbrook, London

mar. (2)

16 Jul 1828 Sarah Brabazon (dsp. 28 Jun 1854), yst. dau. of Sir Anthony Brabazon, 1st Bt., of New Park, co. Mayo, by his wife Anne Molyneux, dau. of Sir Capel Molyneux, 3rd Bt.

died

8 Mar 1842

suc. by

son by first wife

Henry [Roper-Curzon], 15th Baron Teynham

born

20 Mar 1789

mar. (1)

30 Dec 1815 Susannah Harriet Talbot (widow of John Joseph Talbot;  dsp. 7 Jun 1839), dau. of Rev Bacon Bedingfeld, of Ditchingham Hall, co. Norfolk, by his wife Susannah O'Brien, dau. of Donough O'Brien, of Blatherwick, co. Northampton

mar. (2)

12 Dec 1839 Sarah Rudd (d. 18 Aug 1855), dau. and sole hrss. of Stephen Rudd, of Merrion Lodge, Dublin

died

s.p. 23 Sep 1842

suc. by

brother

George Henry [Roper-Curzon], 16th Baron Teynham

born

27 May 1798

mar. (1)

10 Feb 1822 Eliza Joynes, of Sevenoaks, co. Kent (d. 5 Nov 1871)

mar. (2)

21 Jan 1873 Elizabeth Jay (dsp. 12 Mar 1895), only dau. of William Jay

died

26 Oct 1889

suc. by

son by first wife

Henry George [Roper-Curzon], 17th Baron Teynham

born

27 Dec 1822

mar.

19 Apr 1860 Harriet Anne Lovell Heathcote (d. 15 Sep 1916), 5th dau. of Rev Robert Heathcote, of Shaw Hill House, Melksham, co. Wiltshire, by his wife Georgina Fuller, dau. of John Fuller, of Neston Park, co. Wiltshire

died

22 Jul 1892

suc. by

son

Henry John Philip Sidney [Roper-Curzon], 18th Baron Teynham

born

27 May 1867

mar.

26 Jun 1895 Mabel Green-Wilkinson (d. 26 Nov 1937), 2nd dau. of Col Henry Green-Wilkinson, of Pannington Hall, Ipswich, co. Suffolk, by his wife Hon Louisa Catherine Bateman-Hanbury, dau. of William [Hanbury later Bateman-Hanbury], 1st Baron Bateman

died

19 Dec 1936

suc. by

son

Christopher John Henry [Roper-Curzon], 19th Baron Teynham, DSO DSC

born

6 May 1896

mar. (1)

19 Oct 1927 (div. 1955) Elspeth Grace Whitaker (mar. (2) 2 Dec 1958 William Bingham [Compton], 6th Marquess of Northampton;  d. 14 May 1976), 1st dau. of William Ingham Whitaker, of Pylewell Park, Lymington, co. Hampshire, by his wife Hon Hilda Guilhermina Dundas, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Charles Saunders [Dundas], 6th Viscount Melville

mar. (2)

11 Feb 1955 Anne Rita Curzon-Howe (mar. (2) 25 Apr 1975 Dr Ian Edwards), only child of Capt Leicester Charles Assheton St John Curzon-Howe MVO RN, by his wife Marguerite Graham Mackenzie, dau. of Allen Mackenzie, of Montreal, Canada

died

5 May 1972

suc. by

son by first wife

John Christopher Ingham [Roper-Curzon], 20th Baron Teynham

born

25 Dec 1928

mar.

31 Oct 1964 Elizabeth Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of Lt Col David Scrymgeour-Wedderburn DSO (2nd son of Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, de jure 10th Earl of Dundee), by his wife Patricia Katherine Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 2nd dau. of Lt Col Lord Herbert Andrew Montagu-Douglas-Scott CMG DSO (by his wife Marie Josephine Edwards, 2nd dau. of James Edwards), 5th son of William Henry Walter [Montagu-Douglas-Scott], 6th Duke of Buccleuch

children

1. Hon David John Henry Ingham Roper-Curzon (b. 5 Oct 1965), mar. (1) 1985 Lydia Lucinda Airy, 1st dau. of Maj Gen Sir Christopher John Airy KCVO CBE, Private Secretary to HRH the Prince of Wales, and has issue:

1a. Henry Christopher John Ingham Roper-Curzon (b. 5 Feb 1986)

2a. Jack Roper-Curzon (b. and d. 1990)

3a. Tommy Roper-Curzon (b. 1992)

1a. (Elizabeth) Poppy Roper-Curzon (b. 1989)

Hon David Roper-Curzon mar. (2) Melanie K Heyward, 2nd dau. of Desmond Heyward, of Little Haseley, co. Oxford, and has further issue:

4a. Archibald Roper-Curzon (b. 17 Nov 2004)

2a. Katrina Roper-Curzon (b. 17 Nov 2004)

2. Hon Jonathan Christopher James Roper-Curzon (b. 27 Apr 1973)

3. Hon Peter Michael Alexander Roper-Curzon (b. 1977)

4. Hon William Thomas Roper-Curzon (b. 1980)

5. Hon Benjamin Alexander Roper-Curzon (b. 1982)

1. Hon Emma Elizabeth Roper-Curzon (b. 19 Sep 1966), mar. 1988 Robert A Murphy, 2nd son of Christopher Murphy, of Fulham, London, and has issue

2. Hon Sophie Patricia Roper-Curzon (b. 30 Nov 1967), mar. 1995 Rupert van den Bogaerde, and has issue

3. Hon Lucy Elspeth Roper-Curzon (b. 23 Jul 1969), mar. 1991 Benjamin Hugh Fraser (b. 28 Mar 1961), 1st son of Rt Hon Sir Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser MBE MP (by his wife Lady Antonia Pakenham, 1st dau. of Francis Aungier [Pakenham], 7th Earl of Longford), 2nd son of Simon Joseph [Fraser], 14th Lord Lovat, and has issue

4. Hon Hermione Marie Hilda Edith Roper-Curzon (b. 27 Apr 1973), mar. Simon P J Nixon, 1st son of Patrick Nixon, and has issue

5. Hon Alice Penelope Rachael Roper-Curzon (b. 1983)

 Last updated 21 Apr 2003

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Title:

20th Baron Teynham, of Teynham in the County of Kent

(England, let. pat. 9 Jul 1616)

Address:

Pylewell Park, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 5SJ

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