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[[Image:Maurice Roche 2163448066 13967c95e5 o EDIT.jpg|thumb|upright|Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy]]
'''Baron Fermoy''' is a title in the [[Peerage of Ireland]]. This title was created by [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] in 1856 for [[Edmond Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy|Edmond Roche]], who represented [[Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)|County Cork]] and [[Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)|Marylebone]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] and also served as [[Lord Lieutenant of County Cork]]. His younger son, the third Baron, sat as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Kerry East (UK Parliament constituency)|Kerry East]]. He was succeeded by his son, the fourth Baron. He notably represented [[King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)|King's Lynn]] in Parliament. {{As of|2017}} the title is held by his grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1984. The first baron was named after his relative [[Edmund Burke]] and are descended from the [[House of Burke]].
[[Diana, Princess of Wales]], was a great-great-granddaughter of the first Baron Fermoy through her mother, [[Frances Shand Kydd]]. Shand Kydd was the younger daughter of the [[Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy|4th Baron Fermoy]], a friend of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] and the elder of the twin sons of the American heiress [[Frances Work]] and her first husband, the Hon. [[James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy|James Boothby Burke Roche]], who, after their divorce, became the third Baron Fermoy. Diana's maternal grandmother, [[Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy]], was a confidante and lady-in-waiting to [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|the Queen Mother]], and the founder of the annual [[King's Lynn]] Festival (of classical music) in [[Norfolk]], England.
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