Education
He was educated at Blundell"s School and Sidney Sussex College and was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for North Cornwall from 1950 to 1959.
He was educated at Blundell"s School and Sidney Sussex College and was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for North Cornwall from 1950 to 1959.
At the 1950 general election, he stood as the Conservative candidate in North Cornwall. Tom Horabin, who had been elected as the constituency"s Liberal Member of Parliament at the 1945 general election, had defected to the Labour Party in 1947. Roper held the seat until he stood down at the 1959 general election, when the Conservative James Scott-Hopkins was elected to succeed him.
39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament. 41st United Kingdom Parliament.