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Robert Ropner
British politician
Sir (Emil Hugo Oscar) Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet (born Röpner; 16 December 1838 – 26 February 1924) was a German-British shipbuilder, shipowner, and ConservativeMember of Parliament.
Career
Ropner was born in 1838 in Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, the son of Johann Heinrich Röpner and Johanne Christiane Emilie Bessel.[1][2] He emigrated to England and worked for a coal export concern before building up a fleet of colliers and founding the Ropner Shipping Company in Hartlepool in 1874.[3]
In 1888, Robert Ropner acquired a shipyard at Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham. Ropner established a successful shipbuilding firm, which built many trunk deck ships.[4] No longer limited to hauling coal, Ropner also established a company to operate tramp steamers. Although the shipyard went into liquidation soon after what was then known as the Great War,[5] the shipping company continued to operate through both World Wars, despite heavy wartime losses of vessels.[4 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. 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 1904 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 1952 for Leonard Ropner,[2] for many years Conservative Member of Parliament for Sedgefield and Barkston Ash. He was the son of William Ropner, third son of the first Baronet of the 1904 creation. Consequently, the present ho Sir Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, 1st Baronet (1838-1924). Shipbuilder, shipowner, and Conservative Member of Parliament. He was known simply as Robert Ropner. He was born c1838 in Magdeburg, Prussia. He emigrated to England and worked for a coal export concern before building up a fleet of colliers and founding in 1874 the Ropner Shipping Company in Hartlepool. In 1888 Robert Ropner acquired a shipyard at Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham. Ropner established a successful shipbuilding firm, which built many trunk deck ships. No longer limited to hauling coal, Ropner also established a company to operate tramp steamers. Although the shipyard went into liquidation soon after WWI, the shipping company continued through both World Wars, despite heavy wartime losses of vessels. Robert Ropner served as High Sheriff of Durham in 1896 and from 1900 to 1910 represented the constituency of Stockton-on-Tees in the House of Commons. In 1904 he was created Baronet of Preston Hall, Stockton-on-Tees, in the County Palatine of Durham,
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