Baron Roborough, of Maristow in the County of Devon, is a title in the

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. It was created on 24 January 1938 for Sir Henry Lopes, 4th Baronet. He had earlier represented

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, Lincolnshire, in Parliament as a

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. The Baronetcy, of Maristow House in the County of Devon, had been created in the

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on 1 November 1805 for

Manasseh Masseh Lopes Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet (27 January 1755 – 26 March 1831), of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Member of Parliament and borough-monger. Parliamentary career Born in Jamaica, Lopes was a member of ...

, a member of a wealthy family of

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origin, with special remainder to his nephew Ralph Franco, son of his sister Maria. Manasseh Masseh Lopes converted to

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in 1802, and later represented

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, in Worcestershire,

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in Devon, and Westbury in Somerset, in Parliament. However, in 1819 he was twice convicted of bribing the voters in both

and

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in order to be elected to Parliament, and was sentenced to imprisonment and heavy fines. He was also unseated by the

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, but after his release from prison he nonetheless got elected for Westbury, a

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which he controlled to a great extent. Lopes was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew Ralph Franco, the second Baronet, who assumed the surname of Lopes in lieu of Franco. He was Conservative

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for Westbury and South Devonshire. His son, the third Baronet, also sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Westbury and South Devonshire and served under

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as a

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from 1874 to 1880. In 1885 he was admitted to the

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. He was the father of the fourth Baronet, who was raised to the peerage in 1938. The first Baron's son, the second Baron, was

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from 1958 to 1978. As of 2015 the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 2015.

Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow Henry Charles Lopes, 1st Baron Ludlow, (3 October 1828 – 25 December 1899) was a British judge and Conservative Party politician. Background and education Ludlow was a younger son of Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet, and the uncle of Henry Lopes ...

, was a younger son of the second Baronet. The family seat was

Maristow House Maristow House in the parish of Bickleigh (formerly Tamerton Foliot), Devon, England, is a large country house set in landscaped parkland, on the River Tavy to the north of Plymouth. It was built in about 1560, rebuilt in the mid-18th century and ...

, in the parish of

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, near

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, (which they occupied 1798-1938) with the

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being at nearby Roborough House, in Roborough, near

, Devon. Their seat today is Bickham House, adjoining the Maristow House estate to the north-east. Gnaton Hall - geograph

The Lopes family, descendants of

Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet (27 January 1755 – 26 March 1831), of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Member of Parliament and borough-monger. Parliamentary career Born in Jamaica, Lopes was a member of ...

, lived in Roborough in the twentieth century, after moving from nearby Maristow House and before relocating to Gnaton, a smaller mansion on the coast near

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. The very old village pub, which stands on the main street of Roborough is called the Lopes Arms.

Lopes Baronets, of Maristow (1805)

(1755–1831) *

Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet (10 September 1788 – 23 January 1854), of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Member of Parliament (MP). Lopes was born as Ralph Franco. His uncle, Manasseh Masseh Lopes, an MP and boro ...

(1788–1854) *

Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet Sir Lopes Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, PC (14 June 1818 – 20 January 1908), known as Massey Franco until 1831, of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Conservative politician and agriculturalist. Life Lopes was the ...

(1818–1908) * Sir Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, 4th Baronet (1859–1938) (created Baron Roborough in 1938)

Barons Roborough (1938)

* Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough (1859–1938) *

Massey Henry Edgcumbe Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough Massey Henry Edgcumbe Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough, Justice of the Peace, JP (4 October 1903 – 30 June 1992) of Maristow House, Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British peerage, peer and Officer (armed forces), officer of t ...

(1903–1992) * Henry Massey Lopes, 3rd Baron Roborough (1940–2015) * Massey John Henry Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough (b. 1969) The

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is the present holder's son Hon. Henry Massey Peter Lopes (born 1997) * ''

Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough (24 March 1859 – 14 April 1938), known as Sir Henry Lopes, 4th Baronet from 1908 to 1938, of Maristow House, Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Conservative Party (UK), ...

(1859–1938)'' ** ''

Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough Massey Henry Edgcumbe Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough, JP (4 October 1903 – 30 June 1992) of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British peer and officer of the British Army. Early life Lopes was the only son of Henry Yarde ...

(1903–1992)'' *** ''Henry Lopes, 3rd Baron Roborough (1940–2015)'' ****

Massey Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough Massey John Henry Lopes, 4th Baron Roborough (born 22 December 1969) is a British hereditary peer and a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lord Roborough became a member of the House in October 2022, after being one of the two winners in ...

(b. 1969) *****(1) Henry Lopes (b. 1997) *****(2) Ralph Lopes (b. 1999) ****(3) Andrew Lopes (b. 1971) *****(4) Sascha Lopes (b. 1995) ***(5) George Lopes (b. 1945) ****(6) Henry Lopes (b. 1977) married

Laura Lopes Laura Rose Lopes (' Parker Bowles; born 1 January 1978) is an English art curator. She is the daughter of Queen Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles, and the stepdaughter of King Charles III. Biography Early life Laura Parker Bowles was born on 1 ...

in 2006, daughter of

Andrew Parker Bowles Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles (born 27 December 1939) is a retired British Army officer. He is the former husband of Queen Camilla. Early life and family Andrew Parker Bowles was born on 27 December 1939 as the eldest of four children t ...

and

Camilla, Queen Consort Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III. She became queen consort on 8 September 2022, upon the ac ...

and also stepdaughter of King

Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person ...

and stepsister of

William, Prince of Wales William, Prince of Wales, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. Born in London, William was edu ...

and

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charles III and his first wife Diana, Princess of Wales. He is fifth in the line of succ ...

. *****(7) Gus Lopes (b. 2009) *****(8) Louis Lopes (b. 2009)

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References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roborough Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1938 Noble titles created for UK MPs

Lopes Baronets, of Maristow (1805)

Barons Roborough (1938)

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