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Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy

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Patrick Maurice Burke Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy (11 October 1967) is an Irish peer.[1]

He is the eldest son of Edmund Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy and his wife, Lavinia Pitman.

He was educated at Eton College, and served in the Blues and Royals. He also worked as a pub manager at the Windsor Castle pub in Campden Hill, London.

Lord Fermoy is a first cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales. He was Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother between 1982 and 1984. He inherited the title of Baron Fermoy when his father died in 1984.

Marriage and children

On 26 March 1998, he married Tessa Fiona Kayll, daughter of Major David Pelham Kayll and his wife, Sheila Morrison.

They have two daughters:

  • The Hon. Arabella Elizabeth Burke Roche, born 18 March 1999
  • The Hon. Eliza Lavinia Burke Roche, born 9 November 2000

As Lord Fermoy has no sons, his heir is his younger brother, Edmund Hugh Burke Roche.

Ancestry

Family of Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy
16. Edmond Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy
8. James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy
17. Elizabeth Boothby
4. Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy
18. Franklin H. Work
9. Frances Ellen Work
19. Ellen Wood
2. Edmund Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy
20. Alexander Ogston Gill
10. William Smith Gill
21. Barbara Smith Marr
5. Ruth Gill
22. David Littlejohn
11. Ruth Littlejohn
23. Jane Crombie
1. Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy
24. Sir Isaac Pitman
12. Ernest Pitman
25. Isabella Masters
6. John Pitman
26. James Butler
13. Frances Isabel Butler
27. Mary Elizabeth Alley
3. Lavinia Frances Elizabeth Pitman
7. Elizabeth Cattanach Donaldson

Arms

Coat of arms of Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy
Coronet
A Coronet of a Baron
Crest
Standing on a Rock proper an Osprey or Sea Eagle with wings displayed Argent collared gemelle Azure membered Or holding a Roach in its claw
Escutcheon
Gules three Roach naiant in pale Argent a Canton of the last
Supporters
Dexter: A Lion Erminois gorged with a Collar Sable therefrom pendent an Escutcheon Gules charged with three Roach naiant in pale Argent; Sinister: A Greyhound Pean gorged with a Collar Or therefrom pendent an Escutcheon per pale of the second and Gules charged with three Lions passant guardant in pale counterchanged
Motto
Mon Dieu Est Ma Roche (My God is my rock)

References

  1. ^ http://thepeerage.com/p910.htm#i9091
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Fermoy
1984–present 		Incumbent

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