George Rooper

George Rooper

Rooper lived at Wick Hill, Hove in some state. Three portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds adorned his walls including one of Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). The 1861 census recorded him living at Wick Hill, by that time aged 79, with his wife Persis, 77, son John, a retired Army captain aged 51, daughter-in-law Charlotte aged 42, grand-daughters Alice aged 16 and Lucy aged 10, and grandson Herbert aged 8; there were also nine servants. When Rooper died he left an estate worth £40,000, a considerable sum. It is interesting to note that a Mrs Duthy of The Drive, Hove, celebrated her 100thbirthday in 1946. She was born Georgina Persis Rooper and had been one of the grandchildren living at Wick Hill.

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George Rooper was the son of Thomas Rooper and Persis Standly, he was born about 1812 in Abbots Ripton, Hampshire, England.

He married Mary Frances Williams-Freeman on 8 January 1841 at Nascott, Lincolnshire, England.

George Rooper and Mary Frances Williams-Freeman had nine children:

• Mary Frances Rooper 28 Oct 1841 - 2 Feb 1924
• Dorothea Harriet Rooper Feb 1843 - 20 Dec 1922
• Alice Rooper 1 Jun 1844 - 8 Sep 1930
• Georgiana Persis Rooper 26 Jul 1846 - 1947
• George Frederick Rooper 17 Oct 1847 - 4 Feb 1922
• Eustace Peere Rooper 24 Feb 1851 - 1937
• Commander Hugh Blencowe Rooper 1852 - 19 Apr 1912
• Henry Napier Rooper born in 1854
• Francis Edward Rooper 15 Apr 1856 - 3 Sep 1939

He purchased Llanerchrugog estate in Wales in 1884.

Administrative and biographical history: In 1884, George Rooper (d. 1905), of Nascott House, Watford, acquired the Llanerchrugog estate, Denbighshire, from a Thomas Jones. The estate included minerals at Llwyneinion which were leased to J.C. Edwards of Trevor Hall, Ruabon, brickmaster, and to Powells, brickmasters of Buckley. Thomas Jones also owned Pant-Glas and Tan-y-Graig farms, Llangollen, and in 1883 the Pant Glas slate and slab quarry company was formed to develop land at Eglwyseg. The estate was sold after 1905. Records Office

He died on the 3 December 1905 in Hertfordshire, England.

Probate: Rooper George of Nascott-House Watford Herfordshire died 3 December 1905 Probate London 20 March to Henry Napier Rooper, George Levinge Whatley and Walter Edward Moore solicitors Effects 68,356 pounds 0s 2d.

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• Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via wife Mary Frances Williams-Freeman by SmartCopy: Feb 28 2015, 17:42:19 UTC