| Barony of Teynham | |
|---|---|
  Arms of Roper: Per fesse azure and or, a pale counter-changed and three buck's heads erased of the second[1] | |
| Creation date | 1616 |
| Created by | James VI and I |
| Peerage | Peerage of England |
| First holder | Sir John Roper |
| Present holder | David Roper-Curzon, 21st Baron Teynham |
| Remainder to | the 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Seat(s) | Pylewell Park |
| Motto | SPES MEA IN DEO (My hope is in God) |
Baron Teynham, of Teynham in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1616 for Sir John Roper. The family seat is Pylewell Park, near Lymington, Hampshire.
In 1788, the 14th Baron Teynham inherited his distant cousin’s John Barnewall Curzon’s wealth and estate at Water Perry, Northamptonshire when he died. Thus he adopted, by royal licence, the additional surname of Curzon. Despite not being descended from the Curzon family,[2][3] his descendants, such as John Roper-Curzon, the 21st Baron, and the present baron, still go by their full surname of 'Roper-Curzon'.
- ^ Crest: a lion rampant sable holding in the dexter paw a coronet or, Fox-Davies, Armorial families; As seen on several hatchments in Church of St Peter & St Paul, Lynsted, Kent
- ^ a b Kidd, Charles, Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2015 Edition, London, 2015
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1868. p. 1093.