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Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy
Lady-in-waiting and Baroness
Female
Born
Oct 2, 1908
Hometown
Bieldside
Died
Jul 6, 1993
Death Place
London
Nationality
British
Other Names
Gill, Ruth Sylvia
Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, DCVO, OBE, was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the maternal grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess of Wales. Lady Fermoy was born Ruth Sylvia Gill at her father's house, Dalhebity… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1908
Birth
Born on October 2, 1908.
TWENTIES
1931
22 Years Old
Her musical career was cut short when she met, and later married in 1931, the wealthy and much older Edmund Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy.
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FORTIES
1950
41 Years Old
Lady Fermoy did play the piano in public occasionally after her marriage, most notably with Josef Krips at the Royal Albert Hall in 1950, and with Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra at King's Lynn in 1966.
1951
42 Years Old
She founded the King's Lynn Festival in 1951 and remained closely involved with the Festival for 25 years, persuading Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to become its patron.
1956
47 Years Old
In 1956, the Queen Mother appointed Lady Fermoy an Extra Woman of the Bedchamber.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1969
60 Years Old
In 1969, her daughter Frances and John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, were divorced.
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1993
85 Years Old
Died on July 6, 1993.
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