Rt. Hon. James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy

1852 - 1920  (68 years)

• Name	James Boothby Burke Roche  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Rt. Hon.
  Suffix	3rd Baron Fermoy
  Birth	28 Jul 1852	Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	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
  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)
  Marriage	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
  Family ID	F11366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012

  
  

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  Marriage - 22 Sep 1880 - New York City, New York County, New York Death - 30 Oct 1920 - London, Middlesex, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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