Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy

Patrick Maurice Burke Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy (11 October 1967) is a Irish peer.

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 6th 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

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

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Edmund Roche	Baron Fermoy 1984–present	Succeeded by incumbent