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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Her musical career was cut short when she met the wealthy and much older Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy. They married on 17 September 1931 at St. Devenick's Church in Bieldside, Aberdeenshire. Lord and Lady Fermoy had three children, including Frances, who would become the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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.
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When Maurice "The Mad" Roche 4th Viscount of Fermoy was born in 1505, in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, his father, David Roche 3rd Viscount of Fermoy, was 26 and his mother, Lady Catherine McCarty More, was 28. He married Lady Grany MacCarthy in 1519, in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland.
