Ropner Baronets
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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. The Ropner family is of German
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 descent.

The Ropner Baronetcy, of Preston Hall, Stockton-on-Tees, in the County Palatine of Durham, and of Skutterskelfe Hall, Hutton Rudby, in the North Riding of the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 August 1904 for Robert Ropner
Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....

. He was a steamship owner and steamship builder and also represented Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency)
Stockton-on-Tees is a former borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

 in the House of Commons
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 as a Conservative
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.

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 1952 for Leonard Ropner
Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet
Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet, DL MC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Ropner was the son of William Ropner, third son of Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet...

, for many years Conservative Member of Parliament
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 for Sedgefield
Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)
Sedgefield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...

 and Barkston Ash
Barkston Ash (UK Parliament constituency)
Barkston Ash was a parliamentary constituency centred on the village of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire . It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1983...

. He was the son of William Ropner, third son of the first Baronet of the 1904 creation. Consequently, the present holder of the baronetcy is also in remainder to the Ropner Baronetcy of 1904.

Ropner Baronets, of Preston Hall and Skutterskelfe Hall (1904)

  • Sir (Emil Hugh Oscar) Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
    Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet
    Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet 1838-1924, was a British shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner....

     (1838-1924)
  • Sir John Henry Ropner, 2nd Baronet (1860-1936)
  • Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 3rd Baronet (1893-1962)
  • Sir Robert Douglas Ropner, 4th Baronet (1921-2004)
  • Sir Robert Clinton Ropner, 5th Baronet (b. 1949)

Ropner Baronets, of Thorp Perrow (1952)

  • Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet
    Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet
    Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet, DL MC was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Ropner was the son of William Ropner, third son of Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet...

    (1895-1977)
  • Sir John Bruce Woollacott Ropner, 2nd Baronet (b. 1937)
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