Sir John Ropner, who has died aged 78 ... One of the park’s great oaks is reputed to have been planted by Catherine Parr, Henry VIII’s last wife, while she was in residence in the nearby ...

her friend Henry Ropner was on hand to cheer her up. Now, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are married, he has decided to settle down himself. The 29-year-old son of the baronet Sir John Ropner ...

Sir John, who was the 2nd Baronet, is a former High Sherriff of North Yorkshire and Master of the Bedale hunt. He leaves a widow Lady Ropner and five children, Henry, Jenny, Kate, Carolyn and Annabel.