Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham

Roper was born . He was the son of Christopher Roper, 5th Baron Teynham and Hon. Elizabeth Browne. Both of his elder brothers, John and Christopher, succeeded to their father's barony but died unmarried. His paternal grandparents were Christopher Roper, 4th Baron Teynham and Philadelphia Knollys (a daughter of Sir Henry Knollys of Grove Place). His maternal grandparents were Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu and Lady Elizabeth Somerset (a daughter of the 1st Marquess of Worcester). ==Career==

On 23 September 1699, upon the death of his brother Christopher, Roper succeeded as the 8th Baron Teynham, of Teynham, Kent. He conformed to Church of England. He served as a Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to George I of Great Britain. ==Personal life==

On 25 January 1703/4, he married Hon. Catherine Smythe, daughter of Philip Smythe, 2nd Viscount Strangford and, his second wife, the former Mary Porter (a daughter of Royalist George Porter). Before her death, they were the parents of: Before his death, they were the parents of: • Hon. Anna Maria Roper (1719–1782), who married Capt. Peter Tyler. After his death, his widow married Irish MP, Robert Moore, a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Drogheda. Through his youngest son from his second marriage, Rev. Richard Henry Roper, he was the great-great-great-grandfather of the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton. ==References==