| 词条 | Leonard Ropner |
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| name = Leonard Ropner | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 26 February 1895 | birth_place = | death_date = 12 October 1977 | death_place = | nationality = England | other_names = | occupation = Conservative Party politician | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner, 1st Baronet, DL MC (26 February 1895 – 12 October 1977) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. BackgroundRopner 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 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. CareerHe enlisted in 1914 in the Royal Artillery and commanded a battery in France, being awarded the Military Cross in 1919.[1] 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.[2] 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 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 West Yorkshire. He represented the constituency until he retired from Parliament at the 1964 general election, although his majority was cut to only 116 votes at the 1945 election. In 1937 he served as High Sheriff of Durham.[3] In 1952 he was made a baronet of Thorp Perrow in the North Riding of the County of York.[4] The Thorp Perrow estate near Bedale had been bought by his father in 1927. Sir Leonard planted the {{convert|85|acre|ha|adj=on}} Thorp Perrow Arboretum.[5] References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31092 |date=1 January 1919 |page=29 |supp=y}} 2. ^Army Lists 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=34381|page=1819|date=19 March 1937}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=39453 |date=1 February 1952 |page=642}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/8869272/Gardens-to-visit-Thorp-Perrow-Arboretum-North-Yorks.html|title=Gardens to visit: Thorp Perrow Arboretum, North Yorks|date=4 November 2011|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=14 December 2011}}
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| title = Member of Parliament for Sedgefield | years = 1923–1929 | before = John Herriotts | after = John Herriotts }}{{Succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Barkston Ash | years = 1931–1964 | before = George Lane-Fox | after = Michael Alison }}{{S-reg|uk-bt}}{{S-new | creation }}{{S-ttl | title = Baronet | years = 1952–1977 }}{{S-aft | after = John Ropner }}{{S-end}}{{Use British English|date=March 2012}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2012}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ropner, Leonard}}{{Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub}}{{England-Conservative-UK-MP-stub}} 20 : 1895 births|1977 deaths|People educated at Harrow School|Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge|Recipients of the Military Cross|Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|Deputy Lieutenants of Durham|UK MPs 1923–24|UK MPs 1924–29|UK MPs 1931–35|UK MPs 1935–45|UK MPs 1945–50|UK MPs 1950–51|UK MPs 1951–55|UK MPs 1955–59|UK MPs 1959–64|Royal Artillery officers|British Army personnel of World War I|High Sheriffs of Durham |
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