Thomas Roper (MP)

{{short description|16th-century English politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

Thomas Roper (1533/34–1598) was an English politician.

He was the eldest son of William Roper of St Dunstan's, Canterbury and Eltham, Kent and educated at Lincoln's Inn.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for New Shoreham in October 1553 and for Newport, Cornwall in 1558.

He married Lucy, the daughter of Sir Anthony Browne of Cowdray, Sussex, with whom he had 5 sons and 5 daughters.

References

{{Portal|Cornwall}}

{{reflist}}

  • {{cite web|url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/roper-thomas-153334-98|title= ROPER, Thomas (1533/34-98), of Eltham, Kent|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate = 17 April 2014}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roper, Thomas}}

Category:1530s births

Category:1598 deaths

Category:Members of Lincoln's Inn

Category:Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall

Category:English MPs 1553 (Mary I)

Category:English MPs 1558

{{1553Mary-England-MP-stub}}

{{1558-England-MP-stub}}