Edmund Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy
Edmund James Burke Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy, was a British businessman who held a title in the Peerage of Ireland. He was the maternal uncle of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Early life and education
He was born on 20 March 1939, the only son and youngest child of Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, and his wife, Ruth Sylvia Gill, youngest daughter of William Smith Gill. His father died in 1955.He was a graduate of Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Career
He became the 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, daughter of John Pitman and Elizabeth Donaldson.They had four children:
- The Hon. Frances Caroline Burke Roche, married Peter Stanley in 1990. They have three children:
- *Richard Hugh Edward Stanley
- *Portia Ruth Isobel Stanley
- *Algernon Edmond Stanley
- The Hon. Elizabeth Burke Roche
- Maurice Burke Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy, married Tessa Fiona Kayll on 26 March 1998. They have two daughters:
- *The Hon. Arabella Elizabeth Roche
- *The Hon. Eliza Lavinia Roche
- The Hon. Edmund Hugh Burke Roche, married Phillipa Katie Victoria Long in 2004. They have three children:
- *Rosie Jeanne Roche
- *Archie Edmund Roche
- *Agatha Frances Roche
Death
After suffering from depression for a long period of time, he died from suicide by gunshot at his home, Eddington House, in Hungerford on 19 August 1984. He was 45. He is buried in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham.In 1995, Fermoy's widow, Lavinia Fermoy, married Nigel Edward Corbally Stourton, a grandson of Alfred Stourton, 23rd Baron Mowbray.