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Roper-Curzon in 1925

Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon, 19th Baron Teynham DSO DSC (6 May 1896 – 5 May 1972), was a career officer of the Royal Navy and an English peer, with a seat from 1936 in the House of Lords, where from 1946 to 1959 he was Deputy to the Earl of Drogheda and then to Lord Merthyr as Chairman of Committees.

Career

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HMS Minotaur

The elder son of Henry Roper-Curzon, 18th Baron Teynham, by his marriage to Mabel Wilkinson, Roper-Curzon was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He saw active service during the First World War, winning both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Order, serving with the Grand Fleet as Staff Signal Officer on HMS Minotaur. In 1936 he succeeded his father as Lord Teynham. During the Second World War he was Naval Control Service Officer for the Port of London, after which he commanded ships, including HMS Ambitious (F169) on minesweeping duties for the invasion of Europe in 1944. He retired from the navy after the war with the rank of Captain.[1]

In the House of Lords, Teynham served as a Deputy Chairman of Committees from 1946 to 1959,[2] and when the House of Lords Yacht Club was established in 1949, he was its first vice-commodore.[3] Outside parliament he was a Younger Brother of Trinity House, a member of the Council of the Navy League, a Governor of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and a director of Grayson Rollo and Clover Docks, Ltd., Coast Lines Ltd, and other companies.[4]

Family estates

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The estates managed by the Roper family in the United Kingdom include Hyde and Charlton, Bradford, Pylewell Park, Candelwick, Galway Estates and Trimdon Estates. Additional estates include Saint Dunstans, Chestfeild, Cheselherst, Brambiltighe, and Modingham among others.[5][6][7] Kent Estates were acquired in 15th century by Lord John Roper.[8][9][10][11] Galway estates (181 acres) were acquired in 19th century by Sir Henry Roper.[12][13][14][15]

Personal life

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On 19 October 1927, Roper-Curzon married Elspeth Grace Whitaker (died 1976), a daughter of William Ingham Whitaker by his marriage to Hilda Guilhermina Dundas. They had two sons, Lord John Christopher Ingham Roper-Curzon, later 20th Baron Teynham (born 1928) and Michael Henry (born 1931), and were divorced in 1955. On 11 February 1955 he married secondly Anne Rita (1923-2007), a daughter of Captain L. C. A. St. J. Curzon-Howe and a granddaughter of Admiral Sir Assheton Curzon-Howe. They had two daughters, Henrietta Margaret Fleur, born in 1955, and Holly Anne-Marie, 1963.[1][16]

Modern house

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In 1788, Henry Francis Roper, the 14th Baron of Teynham 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.[17]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 3 (Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), pp. 3880–3881
  2. ^ Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1968, p. 280
  3. ^ Shipbuilding and Shipping Record, vol. 73 (1949), p. 38
  4. ^ Transport Management: the British Journal of Trade and Transport, Volumes 26-27 (1952), p. 29
  5. ^ "Roper, M. (2015). Properties owned by the Roper family" (PDF). Genealogy Web Page of L. David Roper. 21 December 2005.
  6. ^ "Holly Anne-marie Roper-Curzon - The Law Society".
  7. ^ "Stately homes sell off the family silver". 27 September 2010 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  8. ^ "England's Topographer: A New and Complete History of the County of Kent, Vol. 2" pg. 704
  9. ^ "Roper-Curzon, Lord Teynham, Christopher John Henry - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com.
  10. ^ "01 Jul 1892 - ACTION AGAINST THE HON. W. ROPER-CURZON. - Trove". South Australian Register. July 1892.
  11. ^ "my morning routine: Victoria Roper-Curzon, co-founder of Elfie". 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Ben Roper Curzon". IMDb.
  13. ^ "Roper Curzon - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com.
  14. ^ "Meet our Trustees: Henrietta Roper-Curzon". Blue Cross.
  15. ^ "The Londoner: Time running out for Big Ben foundry". Evening Standard. 13 November 2019.
  16. ^ "Interiors: Pylewell Park in Hampshire". The Daily Telegraph. 12 July 2014.
  17. ^ "Person Page - 16040(entry #160396)". Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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Preceded by Baron Teynham
1936–1972 		Succeeded by
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