Christopher Roper, 2nd Baron Teynham (b. Dec. 1561 d. 16 Apr. 1622) was an English peer. He became the second Baron Teynham in 1618, after the death of his father, John Roper, 1st Baron Teynham.
Christopher was the eldest son of John Roper, of Lynsted, Kent, and his wife Elizabeth Parke. The Ropers (whose original surname had been Musard)"A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire" pg. 1092 were an old Kentish family with strong Catholic connections.
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