Background
Roden was the eldest son of Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn, eldest son of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden.
Roden was the eldest son of Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn, eldest son of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden.
His mother was Lady Frances Elizabeth Clavering-Cowper, daughter of Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper. In 1874 he was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the second Conservative administration of Benjamin Disraeli, a post he held until 1880. Lord Roden died in office in January 1880, aged only 33.
