Baron Teynham, of Teynham in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1616 for Sir John Roper. The family seat is Pylewell Park, near Lymington, Hampshire.
Baron Dacre is a title that has been created three times in the Peerage of England, each time by writ.
Sittingbourne and Sheppey is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Gordon Henderson, a Conservative.
Epiphanius Evesham was a British sculptor.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Kent.
Lynsted is a village in Lynsted with Kingsdown civil parish in the Swale borough of Kent, England. The village is situated south of the A2 road between Faversham and Sittingbourne and the nearest M2 junction is Faversham three miles east. Lynsted is in many respects an archetypal old English village with church, churchyard with an ancient yew, pub and a duck pond. The village is locally referred to as Lovely, Lovely Lynsted and various songs have been written about it.
Teynham is a large village and civil parish in the borough of Swale in Kent, England. The parish lies between the towns of Sittingbourne and Faversham, immediately north of the A2 road, and includes the hamlet of Conyer on an inlet of the Swale, the channel that separates mainland Kent from the Isle of Sheppey. Other hamlets include Deerton Street, Frognal, and Teynham Street.
Woodstock Sports Football Club was an English football team based in Sittingbourne, Kent, last played in the Southern Counties East League.
Tonge is a village near Sittingbourne in Kent, England. The hamlet is north of Bapchild, close to Murston Marshes beside the Swale.
Roper is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kingsdown is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lynsted with Kingsdown, in the Swale district, in the county of Kent, England. It is surrounded by the villages of Frinsted, Milstead, Doddington and Lynsted. In 1961 the parish had a population of 54. On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished to form "Milstead & Kingsdown".
Christopher Roper may refer to:
Christopher Roper (1508/09–1558/59), of Lynsted, Kent, was an English politician.
Levin Bufkin was an English landowner who served as MP for the borough of Maidstone.
John Roper was an English peer, created Baron Teynham in 1616.
Henry John Philip Sidney Roper-Curzon, 18th Baron of Teynham, was an English soldier and businessman. He studied at Eton College, and then at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon, 19th Baron Teynham DSO DSC, 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.
Elizabeth Roper was a member of the household of Anne of Denmark. She married Robert Mansell, a glass-making entrepreneur and became involved in his business. She was noted for her business activities as a "capitalist" by the historian Alice Clark.
John Christopher Ingham Roper-Curzon, 20th Baron Teynham was a British peer, land agent, and Army officer.
