Standish O'Grady Roche, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Royal Navy officer
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About 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 earned the Distinguished Service Order 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.[2] He became baronet on 9 December 1914 at the age of 3 on the death of his father Standish Dean O'Grady Roche.[3] His mother was Cecilia, daughter of Henry Dean O'Grady of Lodge, County Limerick, Stillorgan Castle, County Dublin, and Merrion Square.[4] He was married in Malta on 9 February 1946 to Evelyn Laura Andon (3rd Officer, WRNS), daughter of Major William Valentine Hoskins Andon.[5] At the time of his marriage he was a lieutenant commander.
- They had two sons, Lady Roche died in 2019.He sold the family's Carlow estate in 1968.
- He was succeeded as baronet by his elder son.
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