General Robert Sloper
General Robert Sloper, born 8 May 1729,
of West Woodhay House, Berkshire,
Commander-in-Chief, India
1785-86,
became Sir Robert Sloper,
K.C.B.
(Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath), 1796,
bur in a vault under the main aisle of St Martin's Church,
East Woodhay, Hampshire
(nr Berkshire border),
memorial on
the wall of St Mary's Church, Hartley Wintney,
Hampshire,
had issue:
Robert Orby Sloper, born 1769, had issue:
Rev. John Sloper, born 1798, had issue:
Gerard Orby Sloper, born 1851, had issue:
Marion Sloper, mar Bernard Hamilton Conran and had issue:
Rupert Conran, born 1905, had issue:
- Terence Conran
(and here),
the designer and restaurateur, born 1931,
Sir Terence Orby Conran,
the family name "Orby" goes back to here,
mar 2ndly, 1955, to
Shirley Pierce
[the novelist and author Shirley Conran],
divorced 1962,
founded
Habitat 1964,
had issue by 2nd wife:
- Jasper Conran,
the fashion designer, born 1959,
paid huge price for Walpole House, London,
named after nephew of
Robert Walpole
(who his ancestor
William Sloper served).
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