Edmund
Burke
"1st Baron Fermoy"
Roche
Born in Cork, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Roche
and Margaret Honoria (Curtain) Roche
Brother of
Frances Maria Roche
Husband of
Elizabeth Caroline (Boothby) Roche
— married
22 Aug 1848 in West Twyford, Middlesex, England
Descendants 
Father of
Edward FitzEdmund Burke Roche, James Boothby Burke Roche, Alexis Charles Burke Roche, Eleanor Charlotte Burke (Roche) Leader, Eliza Caroline (Roche) Hochberg and Ethel Burke (Roche) MacLean
Died
at age 59
in Whitegate, Cork, Ireland
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Biography
Edmund Roche was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.
Edmond Burke Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy (August 1815 – 17 September 1874) was an Irish politician in the British parliament and an Irish peer. His direct ancestor was Maurice FitzEdmund Roche, Mayor of Cork d 1593
Fermoy was the son of Edward Roche and Margaret Honoria Curtain. 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. He died in September 1874, aged 59, buried in Whitegate, County Cork and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Edward. Lady Fermoy died in 1897. James Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy was also their son. Lord and Lady Fermoy's grandson Edmund Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
He married Elizabeth Caroline Boothby, b. 1821, d. 26 April 1897, daughter of James Brownell Boothby and Charlotte Cunningham, on 22 August 1848. He died on 17 September 1874 at age 59.
Children of Edmund Burke Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy and Elizabeth Caroline Boothby
- Hon. Eleanor Charlotte Burke Roche d. 16 Apr 1938
- Hon. Eliza Caroline Burke Roche d. 8 Nov 1940
- Hon. Ethel Kathleen Burke Roche d. 10 Dec 1935
- Edward FitzEdmund Burke Roche, 2nd Baron Fermoy b. 23 May 1850, d. 1 Sep 1920
- James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy b. 28 Jul 1851, d. 30 Oct 1920
- Hon. Alexis Charles Burke Roche b. 30 Jun 1853, d. 17 Dec 1914
- Hon. Ulick de Rupe Burke Roche b. 16 Jan 1856, d. 23 Apr 1919
- Hon. Edmund Burke Roche b. 29 Sep 1859, d. 21 Jun 1948
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Roche,_1st_Baron_Fermoy
- http://www.thepeerage.com/p10103.htm#i101025
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Dennis Wheeler
Dennis Wheeler
Roche-755 and Roche-425 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth and death dates...most likely the same person.
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