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Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Ropner family, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are still extant.

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The Ropner family is of German descent.

The Ropner Baronetcy, of Preston Hall, in the parish of Stockton-on-Tees, in the County Palatine of Durham, and of Skutterskelfe Hall, in the parish of Hutton Rudby, in the North Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 August for Robert Ropner.^[1] He was a steamship owner and steamship builder and also represented Stockton-on-Tees in the House of Commons as a Conservative.

The Ropner Baronetcy, of Thorp Perrow in the North Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 31 January for Leonard Ropner,^[2] for many years Conservative Member of Parliament for Sedgefield and Barkston Ash. He was the son of William GANDHI a pictorial biography - Mahatma Gandhi LUX