Background
Fermoy was the son of Edward Roche and Margaret Honoria Curtain.
Fermoy was the son of Edward Roche and Margaret Honoria Curtain.
His direct ancestor was Maurice FitzEdmund Roche, Mayor of Cork d 1593
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 1865 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Fermoy by Queen Victoria. 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.
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.
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