George Rochfort
George Rochfort may refer to: *George Rochfort (politician) (1682–1730), Anglo-Irish politician *George Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (1738–1814), Anglo-Irish politician and peer *George Boyd-Rochfort (1880–1940), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

George Rochfort (politician)
George Rochfort (21 January 1682 – 8 July 1730) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Biography Rochford was the eldest son of Robert Rochfort and Hannah Handcock. On 24 January 1704, he married Lady Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Henry Hamilton-Moore, 3rd Earl of Drogheda and Mary Cole. The couple had eleven children, including Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Arthur Rochfort. He was the Member of Parliament for County Westmeath in the Irish House of Commons between 1707 and 1714. He was Chief Chamberlain of the Exchequer of Ireland and made a member of the Privy Council of Ireland. He represented County Westmeath in the Irish Parliament again between 1727 and his death in 1730. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rochfort, George 1682 births 1730 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Irish MPs 1703–1713 Irish MPs 1713–1714 Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Westmeath constituencies Members of the Privy Council of ...
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George Rochfort, 2nd Earl Of Belvedere
George Augustus Rochfort, 2nd Earl of Belvedere (12 October 1738 – 13 May 1814) was an Anglo-Irish peer and politician. Early years George Augustus Rochfort was born on 12 October 1738, son of Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere and Hon. Mary Molesworth. The Rochfort family, originally called De Rupe Forti, had settled in Ireland in 1243. Sir Maurice de Rochfort was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1302. Gerald Rochfort was summoned to Parliament as a baron in 1339. George's great-grandfather was the prominent lawyer Robert Rochfort, Attorney General of Ireland and Speaker of the House of Commons in 1695, and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1707. The family estate of Gaulstown lay on the shore of Lough Ennell in County Westmeath. George's father, Robert Rochfort, was a favourite courtier of King George II of Great Britain. He was made an Irish peer as Baron of Bellfield in 1737, and then Earl of Belvedere in 1756. He was estranged from his mother during his childhood, a ...
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George Boyd-Rochfort
George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort VC (1 January 1880 – 7 August 1940) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Boyd-Rochfort was born on 1 January 1880, the eldest son of Major Rochfort Hamilton Boyd-Rochfort, and the grandson of George Augustus Boyd-Rochfort, both of Middleton Park House, County Westmeath, Ireland. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was whip of the Trinity Foot Beagles. In 1904, he was High Sheriff of Westmeath. Military career Boyd-Rochfort was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards in April 1915. He was 35 years old, and a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards, British Army, (Special Reserve, attached to 1st Battalion) during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. At 2 a.m. on 3 August 1915 in the trenches bet ...
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