Harold Roper

Sir Harold Roper, CBE, MC (2 September 1891 – 20 August 1971) was a British Conservative Party politician.

His CBE citation read:[2] Harold Roper, M.C., General Manager, Burma Oil Company, Ltd., Rangoon.

By his personal example and influence he contributed very largely to the maintenance of the morale of his employees, without whose services the successful denial of oil supplies to the enemy would have been impossible.

He remained in Rangoon to the very end and left by sea with the last demolition party.He was knighted in the 1945 New Year Honours for his work for the company.

In 1950, Horabin stood instead in Exeter, and Roper won the North Cornwall seat with a majority of more than 3,000 votes over the Liberal candidate, Dingle Foot.