Edmond Burke Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy (9 August 1815 – 17 September 1874) was an Irish

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in the British parliament who was granted a title in the

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. His direct ancestor was Maurice FitzEdmund Roche,

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, who died in 1593.

Early life and career

Edmond Roche was born on 9 August 1815 in

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, the son of Edward Roche (1771–1855) and his wife, Margaret Honoria Curtain (1786–1862). He was named in honour of his distant relative,

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(1729–1797). He was elected to the British

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for

in 1837, a seat he held until 1855 (

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, later Whig), and then represented

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between 1859 and 1865 (

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). In 1855, he became

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for the

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. From 1856 to 1874, he also served as

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Peerage

In 1855, he was raised to the

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. After the

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were ruled invalid in 1856, the title was granted to him again by new letters patent. After his death in 1874, he was succeeded in the barony by his elder son, Edward Roche, 2nd Baron Fermoy (1850–1920).

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(1852–1920), who briefly succeeded his sonless brother in September 1920, was his younger son.

Personal life

On 22 August 1848, Edmond Roche married Elizabeth Caroline Boothby (1821–1897), daughter of James Brownell Boothby (1791–1850), of Twyford Abbey, and his wife Charlotte Cunningham (1799–1893). They had seven children: *

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(1850–1920), who married The Hon. Cecilia O'Grady, daughter of Standish O'Grady, 3rd Viscount Guillamore. *

(1852–1920), who married

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(1857–1947) in 1880. They divorced in 1891. * The Hon. Alexis Charles Burke Roche (1853–1914), who married The Hon. Lucy Maud Goschen, daughter of

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* The Hon. Eleanor Charlotte Burke Roche (1854–1938), who married William Nicholas Leader * The Hon. Ulick de Rupe Burke Roche (1856–1919) * The Hon. Elizabeth Caroline Burke Roche (1857–1940), who married German aristocrat Count Friedrich Maximilian von Hochberg (1868–1921), brother of Count Hans Heinrich XV of Hochberg, Prince of Pless (1861–1938), in 1905. * The Hon. Edmund Burke Roche (1859–1948) He died on 17 September 1874 at his residence Trabolgan House,

, aged 59, and was buried in a mausoleum in Corkbeg graveyard,

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. His grandson Edmund Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (1885–1955), was the maternal grandfather of

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Ancestry

References

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