Edmond Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy
- Edmond Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy
Edmond Burke Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy (August 1815 – 17 September 1874), was an Irish Member of Parliament.
Fermoy was the son of Edward Roche and Margaret Honoria Curtain. He was elected to the House of Commons for County Cork in 1837, a seat he held until 1855, and then represented Marylebone between 1859 and 1865. In 1855 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Fermoy. From 1856 to 1874 he also served as Lord Lieutenant of County Cork.
Lord Fermoy married Elizabeth Caroline Boothby, daughter of James Brownell Boothby, in 1848. He died in September 1874, aged 59, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Edward. Lady Fermoy died in 1897. Lord and Lady Fermoy's grandson Edmund Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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