Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician.
15 Facts About Boyle Roche
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Boyle Roche ended his political career with the passage of the Act of Union 1800, which he supported.
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Boyle Roche chose not to attempt to enter the British House of Commons and retired on a government pension until his death, married but childless, in 1807.
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Boyle Roche was born, the youngest of three sons, to Jordan Roche and Ellen White in County Galway in 1736.
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Boyle Roche's was an old and respectable Protestant family, said to be a junior branch of the ancient baronial house of Roche, Viscount Fermoy from which Diana, Princess of Wales, descended.
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Boyle Roche entered the army at an early age, and served in the so-called American war.
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Boyle Roche was knighted for his bravery at El Morro in 1776.
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Boyle Roche's flamboyant recruiting methods were described by the Edinburgh Advertiser as follows:.
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In Dublin, Boyle Roche was a member of the Kildare Street Club.
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Boyle Roche continued on in the Grattan Parliament, representing Gowran from 1777 to 1783, Portarlington from 1784 to 1790, Tralee from 1790 to 1798 and Old Leighlin from 1798 until the union with Great Britain in 1801.
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Several months later, Sir Boyle Roche explained himself in a public letter, starting with a description of his alarm upon hearing that the bishop of Derry and his associates were bent on extending the legislative privilege:.
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Boyle Roche added that while he regretted that his message had been disowned by Lord Kenmare, that was of less consequence, since his manoeuvre had succeeded to admiration.
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Some believe that Sir Boyle Roche, who was related to Lord Kenmare and often represented his views in Commons, was stating Lord Kenmare's true views on this occasion and doing so with his full knowledge, but in a way that provided Kenmare plausible deniability.
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Boyle Roche was capable of humour which was both subtle and unquestionably intentional.
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Boyle Roche died at his house in 63 Eccles Street, Dublin, on 5 June 1807, and was buried in St Mary's Church, Dublin, on 9 June.