Cynthia Roche
| Cynthia Roche | |
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Roche at the International Flower Show in New York, 1918
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| Born |
10 April 1884 London, England |
| Died | 18 December 1966 (aged 82) Newport, Rhode Island |
| Residence | "Elm Court", Newport, Rhode Island |
| Occupation | Art collector |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Arthur Scott Burden (m. 1906; his death 1921) Guy Fairfax Cary (m. 1922) |
| Children | Eileen Burden Guy Fairfax Cary, Jr. Cynthia Cary Van Pelt Russell |
| Parent(s) |
James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy Frances Ellen Work |
| Relatives | Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (brother) |
Cynthia Burke Roche (10 April 1884 – 18 December 1966) was a Newport, Rhode Island socialite and an art collector.
She was born on 10 April 1884 in London to James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy (1852–1920), an Irish peer who was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, and Frances Ellen Work (1857–1947), an American heiress and socialite. Her brothers were Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy (1885–1955), the maternal grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales., and the Hon. Francis Burke Roche (1885–1958).
In 1904, Good Housekeeping magazine described her as among the members of New York's Four Hundred (see Forbes 400) who were daring and skilful automobilists. Roche was also recognised as a skilled tennis player and horserider.
In 1908, Roche became a naturalised United States citizen.
On 11 June 1906, Roche married Arthur Scott Burden (1879–1921). Burden was the grandson of industrialist Henry Burden and President of the family business Burden Iron Works, but his career was significantly impaired after two horse falls, the second of which seriously aggravated the injuries incurred from the first. As a result of these injuries, Burden was placed under constant care from late 1913, and James Burden, Arthur Burden's brother, filed a petition in Cynthia Roche's absence, (as both she and her daughter were in London at the time), requesting that Arthur Burden be declared incompetent. Burden died from pneumonia in June 1921. The couple had a daughter:
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