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| Rooper, John Bonfoy. Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, May 24, 1797. Of Herts. [Eldest s. of John, of Great Berkhamsted Castle, Herts. and Abbots Ripton Hall, Hunts. (and Harriet, only child of Thomas Bonfoy). B. Aug. 8, 1778. School, Rugby.] Matric. Michs. 1797; B.A. 1801. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, June 23, 1800. Of Abbots Ripton Hall, Hunts. Lieut., Beachwood Troop of Hertfordshire Yeomanry-Cavalry, 1807. M.P. for Huntingdonshire, 1831-7. High Sheriff of Hunts. and Cambs., 1845. Married, June 15, 1813, Harriet, only child of William Pott, of Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, and had issue. Died, Mar. 11, 1855, by falling over the banisters in his house. Brother of the next. (Inns of Court; Burke, L.G.; Boase, III. 279; Rugby Sch. Reg.; Return of M.P.s; St John's Coll. Adms., IV. 456.) | John Bonfoy ROOPER Approx. lifespan: 1778–1876 pens. St John's College adm1797:05:24 Of Hertfordshire , Eldest s. of John ROOPER of Great Berkhamsted Castle, Great Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire , and Abbots Ripton Hall, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire , (and Harriet, only child of Thomas Bonfoy) b. 1778:08:08 Sch: Rugby School Rugby, [Warwickshire], Matric 1797:10MT: BA 1801 Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1800:06:23 Of Abbots Ripton Hall, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire , Lieutenant: Beachwood Troop of Hertfordshire Yeomanry-Cavalry 1807 M.P. for: : Huntingdonshire , 1831-37 High Sheriff of: Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire , 1845 m. 1813:06:15,Harriet, only child of William Pott, of Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London , had issue d. 1855:03:11,by falling over the banisters in his House. brother of Thomas Richard ROOPER (1800) ( Inns of Court ; Burke, L.G.; Boase, III. 279; Rugby School Reg.; Return of M.P.s; St John's College Adms., IV. 456) |