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.[Usurped!] His mother was Cecilia, daughter of Henry Dean O'Grady of Lodge, County Limerick, Stillorgan Castle, County Dublin, and Merrion Square.

He earned the Distinguished Service Order[1] and Croix de Guerre while protecting convoys near Malta.

He also served as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand through January 1938 while a Royal Navy lieutenant.

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. At the time of his marriage he was a lieutenant commander. They had two sons,[2] Lady Roche died in 2019.[3]

He sold the family's Carlow estate in 1968.

He was succeeded as baronet by his elder son.

References
  1. "Admiralty: 8th September 1942: To be Companions of the Distinguished Service Order". The London Gazette (Supplement). No. 35695. 4 September 1942. p. 3912.
  2. Sir Standish O'Grady Roche, 4th Bt.
  3. Roche
  • Pictures of Sir Standish O'Grady Roche as a youth
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