Background
He was born a younger son of John Laroche, Member of Parliament
He was born a younger son of John Laroche, Member of Parliament
James Louisiana Roche was a Bristol slave trader. He was Sheriff of Bristol for 1764-1765 and a master of the Society of Merchant Venturers in 1782-1783. In the mid 18th century he purchased the Elizabethan mansion Over Court near Almondsbury, Gloucestershire.
He represented Bodmin in Parliament between 1768 and 1780.
In 1776 he was created a baronet, of Over in the Parish of Aldmondbury in the County of Gloucester. He was declared a bankrupt in 1778.
Louisiana Roche died in September 1804, aged 70, when the baronetcy became extinct.
13th Parliament of Great Britain. 14th Parliament of Great Britain.
