1852 - 1920 (68 years)
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Name |
James Boothby Burke Roche [1, 2] |
Prefix |
Rt. Hon. |
Suffix |
3rd Baron Fermoy |
Born |
28 Jul 1852 |
Middlesex, England [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
30 Oct 1920 |
London, Middlesex, England [1, 2] |
Notes |
- Wikipedia Biography James Boothby Burke Roche
James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy (28 July 1852 ? 30 October 1920) was an Irish peer and a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom House of Commons. He was the great-grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
He was born at Twyford Abbey, Middlesex in 1852, the son of Edmond Burke Roche, and his wife Eliza Caroline n?e Boothby.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]
He visited the United States where he met and married the heiress Frances Ellen Work on 22 September 1880 at Christ Church, New York City. The marriage was not a success and they separated in December 1886. She was granted a divorce on the grounds of desertion on 3 March 1891 at Wilmington, Delaware.[3]
They had four children, twin sons and two daughters:
Eileen (b. and d. 1882)
Cynthia (10 April 1884 - 8 December 1966), who married firstly Arthur Scott Burden (d. June 1921) in 1906 and secondly Guy Fairfax Cary (d. 1950) in 1922. She is the matrilineal great-grandmother of American actor Oliver Platt.
Edmund Maurice Burke (15 May 1885 ? 8 July 1955), who was the grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Francis George Burke (15 May 1885 ? 30 October 1958), who died unmarried.[4]
In 1896 he stood as an Anti-Parnellite Nationalist candidate in the Kerry East by-election for a seat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Nationalists had split into two factions after the party leader, Charles Stewart Parnell was named as co-respondent in a divorce. Roche was supported initially by both the Parnellites and the Anti-Parnellites, until it was revealed that he was himself divorced. During the campaign, Roche denied publicly that he knew of the divorce or that he had deserted his wife and children.[5] Although he went on to win the seat, the opposing Unionist candidate gained the highest vote ever recorded for a Unionist candidate in Kerry East.[6] He served one term and did not stand in the following general election in 1900.
On 1 September 1920 he succeeded his brother as Baron Fermoy. Just two months later he died at Artillery Mansions, Westminster, London. He was buried at St Marylebone Cemetery, Finchley on 3 November 1920.[7]
[edit]Styles
1852? 1856: James Boothby Burke Roche
1856? 1896: The Hon James Boothby Burke Roche
1896? 1900: The Hon James Boothby Burke Roche, MP
1900? 1920: The Hon James Boothby Burke Roche
1920: The Rt Hon James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy
1) Williamson, D The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer In: Genealogist's Magazine, 1981; vol. 20 (no. 6) p. 192-199 and vol. 20 (no. 8) p. 281-282
2) Roche, the Hon. James Boothby Burke in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922? 1958.
3) The Times (London) Friday, 27 March 1896, p. 7 col. F
4) Mosley, Charles (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition (Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC, 2003) vol. I p. 1414
5) The Times (London) Saturday, 28 March 1896, p. 13 col. E
6) The Times (London), Monday, 30 March 1896; p. 7 col. F
7) Cokayne, G. E., Gibbs, Vicary and Doubleday, H. A. The Complete Peerage: Volume V (St. Catherine Press, London, 1926) p. 303
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Person ID |
I36898 |
Strong Family Tree |
Last Modified |
17 Aug 2014 |
Family |
Frances Eleanor "Ellen" Work, b. 27 Oct 1857, New York City, New York County, New York , d. 26 Jan 1947, New York City, New York County, New York (Age 89 years) |
Married |
22 Sep 1880 |
New York City, New York County, New York [2] |
Children |
| 1. Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4rth Baron Femoy, b. 15 May 1885, Chelsea, Middlesex, England , d. 8 Jul 1955, Norfolk, England (Age 70 years) |
| 2. Francis George Roche, b. 15 May 1885, Chelsea, Middlesex, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
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Last Modified |
28 Apr 2012 |
Family ID |
F11366 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S819] Wikipedia Article.
- [S408] Strong Family Association of American Website, (http://strongfamilyofamerica.org/
Former address:
http://sss.geocities.com/sfaapage).
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