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Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (15 May 1885 – 8 July 1955) was a British Conservative Party politician who held a title in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
The 4th Baron Fermoy. Baron Fermoy is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The title was created by Queen Victoria by letters patent of 10 September 1856 for Edmond Roche. Previous letters patent had been issued on 14 May 1855 which purported to create this barony for Roche, but these were ruled invalid in 1856.
Mar 22, 2021 · One person who is particularly close to the story is Diana’s cousin, Maurice Roche, Lord Fermoy, who speaks exclusively to Tatler for the April issue, on newsstands now.
- Rebecca Cope
Dec 26, 2023 · Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy was a British Conservative Party politician, an Irish peer and the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. Roche was born in Chelsea, London, the elder of twin sons of the Hon. James Roche (later Baron Fermoy) and his American wife, Frances Ellen Work.
- Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy
- May 15, 1885
- "4th Baron Fermoy", "Edward Burke Roche"
- July 8, 1955
Nov 11, 2020 · In 1931, she married the much older Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, going on to have three children with him, including Lady Diana's mother, Frances. It is not known if Lady Fermoy did give Diana 'royal lessons' as shown in The Crown, but she was certainly in a position to give her pointers.
- Rebecca Cope
Nov 15, 2020 · Lady Fermoy was the wife of Maurice Roche, the 4th Baron Fermoy, and the mother of Frances Shand Kydd, Diana's mother. She was a pianist, a friend of the Queen Mother and a lady-in-waiting, but had a strained relationship with Diana.
Maurice Roche (1597–1670) was a catholic politician and a leader of the confederate Munster rebellion. He was the 3rd Viscount Fermoy and the father of David Roche, the 4th Viscount Fermoy.
