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词条 Frances Ellen Work
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Society life

  3. Personal life

     Descendants 

  4. References

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1857|10|27}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|1|26|1857|10|27}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| parents = Franklin H. Work
Ellen Wood
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Francis George Burke Roche
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Frances Ellen Work (October 27, 1857 – January 26, 1947) was an American heiress and socialite. She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her great-great-grandchildren include the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex, and the American actor Oliver Platt.

Early life

Frances was born in New York City on October 27, 1857. She was a daughter of Franklin H. Work (1819–1911), a well-known stockbroker and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his wife, Ellen Wood (1831–1877).[1] Her sister Lucy Work (1861–1934) was married to Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861–1921).[2]

Society life

In 1892, Frances was included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in The New York Times.[3] Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.[4]

She was a prominent figure in the New York City and Newport, Rhode Island, social sets, and was friends with Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt.[5]

When her father died in 1911, he left an estate, for the benefit of her, her children, and her sister, of nearly $15,000,000.[2] In his will, he stipulated that no part of his estate was to go to his "erstwhile son-in-law, James Boothby Burke Roche."[7]

Personal life

On September 22, 1880, at Christ Church, New York City, Frances Work married the Hon. James Boothby Burke Roche (1852–1920),[5] who would later become the 3rd Baron Fermoy in 1920 after his brother, Edward Roche, 2nd Baron Fermoy, died without any male heirs.[6] He was the son of Edmond Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy and Elizabeth Caroline Boothby.[10] They had four children: two daughters, and twin sons:

  • Eileen Roche (1882−1882), who died young.[7]
  • Hon. Cynthia Roche (1884−1966), who married firstly Arthur Scott Burden (1879−1921) in 1906 and secondly Guy Fairfax Cary (1879−1950) in 1922. She is the matrilineal great-grandmother of American actor Oliver Platt.
  • Hon. Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885–1955), who later became the 4th Baron Fermoy, and was the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • Hon. Francis George Burke Roche (1885–1958), a banker who died unmarried.[7]

Frances divorced Roche in Delaware for desertion in 1891, before he had succeeded to the barony.[8] Her lawyer was Thomas F. Bayard, former United States Secretary of State.[9] In 1899, her ex-husband, then a Member of Parliament,[10] sued her with a Writ of Habeas Corpus to produce their daughter in Court, stating that she was depriving "the child of her liberty."[11] The case was settled out of Court shortly thereafter.[12]

On August 4, 1905, the Hon. Mrs. Burke Roche married Aurel de Batonyi, a Hungarian-born riding instructor and society horseman.[13][14] When he immigrated to the United States on the White Star liner Majestic in 1891, Batonyi had claimed he was a count.[15] It was also suggested that his real name was Arthur Cohn.[16] Frances sued de Batonyi for divorce two years after their marriage, allegedly because her father threatened to disinherit her if she continued to live with her husband.[16]

She died in the city of her birth, at her residence 1020 Fifth Avenue, at the age of 89 on January 26, 1947.[17]

Descendants

She was a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and her great-great-grandchildren include Prince William, Prince Harry,[18] and the American actor Oliver Platt.[19]

References

1. ^Williamson, D. (1981) The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer In: Genealogist’s Magazine vol. 20 (no. 6) p. 192-199 and vol. 20 (no. 8) pp. 281–282.
2. ^1 {{cite news|title=WORK ESTATE ACCOUNTING.; Trustees of $15,000,000 Property Ask Advice on Lackawanna Stock.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DE4DB1439EF3ABC4A53DFB0668389639EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=2 June 1922}}
3. ^{{cite news|last1=McAllister|first1=Ward|title=THE ONLY FOUR HUNDRED {{!}} WARD M'ALLISTER GIVES OUT THE OFFICIAL LIST. HERE ARE THE NAMES, DON'T YOU KNOW, ON THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR GREAT LEADER, YOU UNDER- STAND, AND THEREFORE GENUINE, YOU SEE.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/02/16/108210917.pdf|accessdate=26 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=16 February 1892|language=en}}
4. ^{{cite book|last1=Keister|first1=Lisa A.|title=Getting Rich: America's New Rich and How They Got That Way|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521536677|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5dAtJf1hmAUC&pg=PA36|accessdate=20 October 2017|language=en}}
5. ^Williamson, D The Ancestry of Lady Diana Spencer In: Genealogist’s Magazine, 1981; vol. 20 (no. 6) p. 192-199 and vol. 20 (no. 8) p. 281-282
6. ^Cokayne, G. E., Gibbs, Vicary and Doubleday, H. A. The Complete Peerage: Volume V (St. Catherine Press, London, 1926) p. 303
7. ^Mosley, Charles (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition (Burke's Peerage and Gentry LLC, 2003) vol. I p. 1414
8. ^{{cite news|title=A CELEBRATED SUIT ENDED; MRS. FRANCES BURKE-ROCHE IS GRANTED A DIVORCE. THE DECREE GIVES HER CUSTODY OF HER CHILDREN AND TAXES COSTS UPON THE HUSBAND -- ORDERS ISSUE IN TWO OTHER NOTABLE CASES.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E05E3D81F3BE533A25757C0A9659C94609ED7CF&legacy=true|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=4 March 1891}}
9. ^The Times (London) Friday, 27 March 1896, p. 7 col. F.
10. ^{{cite news|title=BURKE ROCHE IN TROUBLE.; Irish Nationalist Member Who Married Miss Work of New York.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9804E3D8143DE633A25754C1A9619C94669ED7CF|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=17 July 1897}}
11. ^1 {{cite news|title=BURKE-ROCHE GETS A WRIT; He Obtains an Order for the Production of His Daughter. ALLEGES SHE IS DETAINED The Father Charges that His ex-Wife, Who Was Miss Fannie Work, Deprives the Child of Her Liberty.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01E4DC153CE433A25752C2A9639C94689ED7CF&legacy=true|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=21 May 1899}}
12. ^{{cite news|title=THE BURKE ROCHE CASE; The Matter Has Been Satisfactorily Settled Out of Court. FATHER TO SEE HIS DAUGHTER An Agreement Reached Between the Parties in the Suit and the Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D02E4D9123DE633A25753C3A9609C94689ED7CF&legacy=true|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=30 June 1899}}
13. ^{{cite news|title=MRS. BURKE ROCHE WEDS AURIEL BATONYI; Announcement Is Made by Her Father, Frank Work. COUPLE ARE NOW ABROAD She Is the Former Wife of James B. Burke Roche, M.P. -- He Is an ex-Riding Master.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E3D71E3EE733A25756C1A9619C946797D6CF|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=15 July 1906}}
14. ^{{cite news|title=FATHER DOESN'T KNOW WHEN MRS. ROCHE MARRIED; The Newspapers Know as Much as He, Says Frank Work. AN ALDERMAN TIED THE KNOT Almost a Year Ago, One Version Has It -- The Couple Did Not Sail on the St. Paul.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0DE1DE1E3BE631A25755C1A9619C946797D6CF|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=16 July 1906}}
15. ^United States Government. 1891 New York Ship's Arrivals Records Index. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. Series M237, Roll #571, July 8, 1891.
16. ^1 2 Oakland Tribune, September 8, 1907, pp. 17–18.
17. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=MRS. BURKE ROCHE DEAD HERE AT 90; Society Notable, Daughter of Frank Work, Banker--Former Wife of Third Baron Fermoy|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F02E6D7103BEF3ABC4F51DFB766838C659EDE|accessdate=26 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 27, 1947}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42141518|title=The other American in Prince Harry's family|publisher=BBC|first=Owen|last=Amos|date=27 November 2017|accessdate=12 November 2018}}
19. ^{{cite news |first=Gayle |last=McDonald |title=Oliver Platt: 7 questions |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=April 28, 2006 |page=R34}}
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