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Harvard University. Known for. Maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales. 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.
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.
Apr 13, 2023 · Mary was the eldest of three children born to Maurice Roche, the 4th Baron Fermoy, and his wife Ruth, who both had close ties to the Royal Family. Ruth, the founder of the King’s Lynn Music Festival, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, while Lord Fermoy was part of King George VI’s shooting party on the day before ...
Dec 26, 2023 · "Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (15 May 1885 – 8 July 1955) was a British Conservative Party politician, an Irish peer and the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales."
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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.
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Nov 15, 2020 · She married Maurice Roche, the 4th Baron Fermoy, in 1931 and had three children – one of whom was Frances Shand Kydd, Diana's mother.
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The forces of the English parliament captured the family home in Castletown Roche in 1649 after a valiant defence by Fermoy's wife Ellen, daughter of John Power, Lord Power. She was subsequently executed for allegedly shooting an unknown individual during that attack, leaving Fermoy with four young daughters to raise.
