Nationality British Name Edmund 5th | Siblings Frances Shand Kydd | |
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Full Name Edmund James Burke Roche Born 20 March 1939 ( 1939-03-20 ) Children Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy Parents Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy Similar People Ruth Roche - Baroness, Frances Shand Kydd, Diana - Princess of Wales, Frances Ellen Work, Charles Spencer | ||
Edmund James Burke Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy (20 March 1939 – 19 August 1984) was an Irish peer.
Contents
- Early life and education
- Career
- Marriage and children
- Royal connections
- Death
- Titles and styles
- References
Early life and education
He was born on 20 March 1939, the only son of Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, and his wife, Ruth Sylvia Gill.
He was a graduate of Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Career
Roche became 5th Baron Fermoy in 1955 when his father died. He was an elected member of Newbury District Council between 1976 and 1979. He was chairman of Eddington Bindery Ltd, based at the Fermoy family home near Hungerford. He was also a steeplechase jockey.
Marriage and children
He was married to Lavinia Frances Elizabeth Pitman (born 1941), daughter of John Pitman and Elizabeth Donaldson (a descendent of Sir Isaac Pitman) and they had four children and eight grandchildren:
Lady Fermoy later remarried to Nigel Edward Corbally Stourton, a grandson of Alfred Stourton, 23rd Baron Mowbray, in 1995
Royal connections
Baron Fermoy and his family have close connections to the British royal family. His mother Ruth was a longstanding member of the Queen Mother's household. His sister, Frances, was the mother of Lady Diana Spencer. As the bride's maternal uncle, Lord Fermoy attended her wedding to the Prince of Wales in 1981.
Death
After suffering from depression for a long period of time, Roche committed suicide by gunshot at his home, Eddington House, in Hungerford on 19 August 1984. He was 45.