Standish O'Grady Roche
Sir Standish O'Grady Roche, 4th Baronet, DSO (or Standish O'Grady-Roche) (13 March 1911 – 2 April 1977) of Ireland, was commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Beaufort in the World War II Second Battle of Sirte on 22 March 1942. He became baronet on 9 December 1914 at the age of 3 on the death of his father Standish Dean O'Grady Roche.[4][usurped] His mother was Cecilia, daughter of Henry Dean O'Grady of Lodge, County Limerick, Stillorgan Castle, County Dublin, and Merrion Square.[1] He earned the Distinguished Service Order[2] and Croix de Guerre while protecting convoys near Malta.[1] He also served as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand through January 1938 while a Royal Navy lieutenant.[3]
Family life and succession
He was married in Malta on 9 February 1946 to Evelyn Laura Andon (3rd Officer, WRNS), daughter of Major William Valentine Hoskins Andon.[4] At the time of his marriage he was a lieutenant commander. They had two sons. Lady Roche died in 2019.[5] He sold the family's Carlow estate in 1968. He was succeeded as baronet by his elder son.
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External links
- Pictures of Sir Standish O'Grady Roche as a youth