House of Roper-Curzon

The House of Roper-Curzon is a British aristocratic family, with royal ancestry descended from King Charles II of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The lineage of this family can be traced back to the early 11th century. Members of the family have had a significant impact on the economy and politics since the reign of Queen Elizabeth. They have the hereditary title Baron of Teynham and family estate is Pylewell Park. The family holds two surnames of two prominent English families including Roper and Curzon. In 1788, the fourteenth Baron of Teynham, joined the two family names because of the significant history behind each.
The current Baron of Teynham, Lord John Christopher Roper-Curzon, his wife Lady Elizabeth Roper-Curzon, is the daughter of the 11th Earl of Dundee, and a direct descendant of Queen Mary of Scots. Lady Elizabeth Roper-Curzon is also related to the British Royal Family, she is the cousin of Duchess Sarah Ferguson of York, and aunt to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
Noble Titles
The Roper-Curzon’s have been members of the House of Lords and the Royal Forces throughout all of the generations. The family is known for its peerage of UK and England found in Kent County which was started by Sir John Roper with the title of Baron Teynham. The Fifth Baron by the name Christopher Roper was a great-great-grandson of Sir John Roper who served as Kent’s Lord-Lieutenant.
A list of the Noble Titles the Roper-Curzon’s have held:
*King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
*Queen of Scots
*Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
*Earl Curzon of Kedleston
*Earl Howe
*Viscounts Scarsdale
*Viscounts Howe
*Viscount Baltinglass
*Viscount Curzon
*Baron Teynham
*Baron Howe
*Baron Curzon
*Baron Ravensdale
*Baron Dacre
*Baron Dacre of Glanton
*Baron Scarsdale
*Curzon baronets
*Mosley baronets
*Knighthood
Both the Roper and Curzon family’s held titles. The Curzon family held titles such as Curzon baronets (eg. Sir John Curzon and Sir Nathaniel Curzon), Barons Scarsdale (Alfred Nathaniel Holden Curzon and George Nathaniel Curzon), Marquesses Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) and Viscounts Scarsdale (Richard Nathaniel Curzon and Peter Ghislain Nathaniel Curzon). On the other hand, the Roper family held titles such as Baron Teynham (twenty barons), politicians (Hon. John Roper and William Roper)
In 1788, Henry Francis Roper-Curzon, the 14th Baron, used a Royal license instead of his patronymic to acquire the Curzon surname.
The Roper-Curzon family estates in United Kingdom
The Roper-Curzon family own a large amount of property in United Kingdom. Inheriting numerous estates in his history including Kedleston Estate, Kent Estates, Pylewell Park, Trimdon Estates, and Galway Estates, Chestfeild, Brambiltighe, Kingsdown, Dodington, Bexley, Woolwich, Kydbroke, Esthorne Manor, Well Hall, Kingsdowne, Saint Dunstans, Norton, East Greenwich, Modingham, Candelwick, Lee, Cheselherst, Bradford, Horne, Hyde and Charlton.
*Pylewell Park
*Kedleston Estate
*Trimdon Estates
*Kent Estates
*Well Hall
*Kydbroke
*Galway Estates
*Bradford
*Brambiltighe
*Chestfeild
*Dodington
*Kingsdown
*Candelwick
*East Greenwich
*Bexley
*Cheselherst
*Lee
*Horne
*Charlton
*Modingham
*Norton
*Esthorne Manor
*Hyde
*Woolwich
*Saint Dunstans
Kent Estates
The family name Roper started after the 1066 Norman Conquest where they stayed in Derbyshire. This is the place where the Roper family was recounted as a great antiquity household settled as manor Lords in Turndiche estates. The Roper family owned several estates in Kent during the time of Lord John Roper in the fifteenth century.
Trimdon Estates and Galway Estates
This was a property of the Roper family which was inherited by Roper State Donnison at the age of twenty-five. He was an English legal writer, his mother was the daughter of Lord William Roper of Clayport.
Kedleston Estates
The Curzon family originated from Norman and has owned the Kedleston estate since the 12th century. The present Kedleston Hall is located near the manor houses, which this family had inherited for several years. In 1759, Sir Nathaniel Curzon commissioned the present house and Palladian architects including Matthew Brettingham and James Paine to deign it.
Pylewell Estates
The family seat is Pylewell Park in Hampshire near Lymington. The estate has a stunning sea aspect as well as rolling countryside sweeping views because it is set in 1500 acres, with a private beach, a private 15-acre lake and rambling house gardens of 27 acres where other family members of Roper-Curzon live in around thirty country houses. The eldest son David John Roper-Curzon lives in Pylewell Park with his eldest son Henry “Harry” Christopher Roper-Curzon and children.
Coat of Arms
Arms in quarterly, the Roper family had the second and Third of per fess Azure or an Insipid three heads of buck counterchanged and erased of the second.. On the other hand, the Curzon family had the first and fourth Argent on collared Gules or a Bend Sable three Popinjays. The Curzon family had the first part of collared gules or A Popinjay rising. The Roper family represents the second part containing a lion flourishing sable which holds Ducal Coronet in the Dexter paw. The supporters include a Dexter and a sinister which are a buck and an Argent of Heraldic Tyger reguardant respectively. Their motto is "My hope is in God" (Spes Mea In Deo.)
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More was born in 1478 and died in 1535. He was a Chancellor, Renaissance humanist, statesman, author, social philosopher and an English lawyer. He is related to Roper-Curzon through marriage because his daughter Margaret Moore married Lord William Roper the son of Lord John Roper. William Roper was a Member of Parliament and an English lawyer. John Roper was the first Baron to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth in the year 1587. But he was later knighted again in 1616 due to his service.
Margaret Roper
Margaret Roper was a daughter of Sir Thomas More born in 1505 and died in 1544. She was an English translator and writer. She was the most learned woman in the 16th century because of scholastic and filial piety achievement.
Henry Roper-Curzon
Henry Roper-Curzon was the son of Henry George Roper-Curzon. In 1892, his father died and he inherited his peerage and became House of the Lord’s Member. After eight years of service, he became a second lieutenant in 1900 after being commissioned into Kent Yeomanry of the Royal East. In the year 1895, he wedded Colonel Henry Green Wilkinson’s daughter called Mabel Wilkinson of Pennington Hall. They gave birth to two sons namely Ralph Henry Roper-Curzon and Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon. He also became Fanti Investment Company director and the chairman of Peacehaven Water Company, Peacehaven Estates Ltd and Glebofi Petroleum Company.
Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon
Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon was born in 1896 and died in 1972. He was an English peer and Royal Navy officer and the 19th Baron Teynham and also served in House of Lords and later become Committee Chairman of Lord Merthyr and Deputy of Drogheda. His father Henry Roper-Curzon was the eighteenth Baron. He was educated in two colleges namely Royal Naval and Royal Naval. Teynham served in the House of Lords, as a Deputy Chairman of Committees from 1946 to 1959.

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