Lopes was the only son of
Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet and Bertha, daughter of
John Yarde-Buller, 1st Baron Churston. He was elected to the
House of Commons for
Grantham in 1892, a seat he held until 1900. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in 1908 and on 24 January 1938 he was raised to the peerage as
Baron Roborough, of Maristow in the County of Devon. He served as
High Sheriff of Devon in 1914. Lord Roborough married Lady Alberta Louise Florence, daughter of
William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, in 1891. He died in April 1938, less than three months after his elevation to the peerage, aged 79, and was succeeded in his titles by his son
Massey. Lady Roborough died in 1941. Lopes Hall at the University of Exeter is named in his honour. ==Notes==