12-505: Ropner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet (1895–1977), British politician Pamela Ropner (1931–2013), British writer Robert Ropner (1838–1924), British shipbuilder and politician Johanna Ropner (1963–present), British lord lieutenant of North Yorkshire See also [ edit ] Ropner baronets , British baronetcies [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
24-586: A fleet of merchant ships; as MP he represented Stockton-on-Tees . He was educated at Oatlands, Harrogate and Harrow , obtaining a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge and took a degree in Political Economy. He was a director of the family business of Sir R. Ropner and Co., the shipping company. He enlisted in 1914 in the Royal Artillery and commanded a battery in France, being awarded
36-494: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet , MC TD DL (26 February 1895 – 12 October 1977) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom . Ropner was the son of William Ropner, third son of Sir Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet . Leonard's grandfather, Sir Robert, had come from Germany in 1857 and founded
48-735: The House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , and in the main returned Conservative MPs at every general election until its abolition. However, it was briefly represented by the Liberal Joseph Andrews , who won
60-758: The Military Cross in 1919. After the war he commanded the Durham Heavy Brigade of the Royal Garrison Artillery in the Territorial Army in the rank of major, and was later appointed their honorary colonel. At the 1923 general election , he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield in County Durham , with a majority of only 6 votes over the sitting Labour MP John Herriotts . Ropner held
72-466: The Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1890s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Barkston Ash (UK Parliament constituency) Barkston Ash was a parliamentary constituency centred on the village of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now part of West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire ). It was represented in
84-409: The surname Ropner . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ropner&oldid=1189405395 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
96-504: The Rural District of Tadcaster except the parishes of Great and Little Preston, and Swillington, and in the Rural District of Nidderdale the parishes of Hessay, Knapton, Moor Monkton, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth, and Upper Poppleton. General Election 1914–15 : Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914,
108-475: The constituency was to consist of- 1918–1950 : The Urban Districts of Garforth and Selby, the Rural Districts of Bishopthorpe, Selby, Tadcaster, and Wetherby, and in the Rural District of Great Ouseburn the parishes of Acomb, Hessay, Knapton, Moor Monkton, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth, and Upper Poppleton. 1950–1983 : The Urban Districts of Garforth and Selby, the Rural Districts of Selby and Wetherby,
120-511: The seat at a by-election in October 1905 after the death of its first MP, Sir Robert Gunter . The Conservatives regained the seat at the 1906 general election . At the 1983 general election , Barkston Ash was replaced by the Selby constituency . As of the 2010 general election , the modern equivalent of Barkston Ash is Selby and Ainsty . The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that
132-414: The seat at the 1924 general election with a more comfortable majority of 1,416, but lost to Herriotts at the 1929 general election . He returned to the House of Commons at the 1931 general election , for the safe Conservative seat of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire . He represented the constituency until he retired from Parliament at the 1964 general election , although his majority
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#1732798600595144-514: Was cut to only 116 votes at the 1945 election . In 1937, he served as High Sheriff of Durham . In 1952, he was made a baronet of Thorp Perrow in the North Riding of the County of York . The Thorp Perrow estate near Bedale had been bought by his father in 1927. Sir Leonard planted the 85-acre (34 ha) Thorp Perrow Arboretum . This article about a Conservative Member of
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