Roper, Richard Henry

Birth Name Roper, Richard Henry
Gender male
Age at Death 86 years, 11 months, 14 days

Narrative

The fourth child and third son of Henry Roper (1676-1723), 8th Baron Teynham, and Lady Anne Lennard (1684-1755), 16th Baroness Dacre.

Though he started out to follow a military career, Richard Roper soon changed course and studied to become an Anglican priest. Upon qualification he was granted the living of Clones, in County Monaghan, Ireland, which was in the patronage of his half-brother Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Lord Dacre.

Rector of Clones for many decades. Husband of Mary Chetwynd (died at or shortly after the birth of their child Mary in 1758) and his second wife Jane Mary Tenison (seven or eight children).

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth November 6, 1723 Sittingbourne, Kent, England    
Death October 20, 1810 Largy, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland    
Burial   St. Tighernach’s Church, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Roper, Henry1676May 16, 1723
Mother Lennard, AnneAugust 17, 1684June 26, 1755
         Roper, Richard Henry November 6, 1723 October 20, 1810
    Sister     Roper, Anna Maria 1719 1782
    Brother     Roper, Charles 1721 1754

Families

Family of Roper, Richard Henry and Chetwynd, Mary
Married Wife Chetwynd, Mary ( * + January 1758 )

Family of Roper, Richard Henry and Tenison, Mary
Married Wife Tenison, Mary ( * 1738 + February 16, 1795 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1759      
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Trevor-Roper, HenryMarch 19, 1761April 18, 1847
Trevor-Roper, Cadwallader BlayneyApril 6, 1765October 20, 1832
Roper, Alice1760
Roper, Jane1763
Roper, William1832

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