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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.
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 · Genealogy for Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (Burke-Roche), 4th Baron Fermoy (1885 - 1955) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy
- May 15, 1885
- "4th Baron Fermoy", "Edward Burke Roche"
- July 8, 1955
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.
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.
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.
