Gapper (surname)

Gapper (surname)

Gapper is a surname originating in the french aristocracy, at the height of their power they owned and governed vast stretches in France and southern England, as well as the appropriate titles and honors. One of the more famous members of the Gapper family was Sir Richard Gapper, a leading baron commanding the army of William the Conqueror in the 1066AD Battle of Hastings in his Norman conquest of England. For his services Sir Richard Gapper was granted many lands and titles in Somerset in southern England.

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