James Jeffrey Roche

James Jeffery Roche
James Jeffery Roche
	Roche in 1889
Born	May 31, 1847; Mountmellick, Ireland
Died	April 3, 1908 (aged 60); Bern, Switzerland
Resting place	Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Title	American Consul in Switzerland
Term	April 1907 – 3 April 1908
Spouse	Mary Frances Halloran (m. 1875–85; her death)

James Jeffrey Roche (May 31, 1847 – April 3, 1908) was an Irish-American poet, journalist and diplomat. Roche emigrated as a young child, and grew up in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He came to Boston in 1866, and joined the staff of the Irish newspaper. He became editor-in-chief in 1890, and was a leading spokesman for Catholic intellectuals in New England. When most Democrats in the region deserted William Jennings Bryan in 1896, Roche and the Boston Pilot gave Brian strong support. At the end of his life he was the American Consul in Switzerland.^[1]^[2]

^ O'Donoghue, D. J., The poets of Ireland, 1912.
^ Arthur Mann, Yankee reformers in the urban age: social reform in Boston, 1880-1900 (1954) pp 44-51

[poets-1] O'Donoghue, D. J., The poets of Ireland, 1912.

[2] Arthur Mann, Yankee reformers in the urban age: social reform in Boston, 1880-1900 (1954) pp 44-51

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James Jeffery Roche
Roche in 1889
Born	(1847-05-31)May 31, 1847 Mountmellick, Ireland
Died	April 3, 1908(1908-04-03) (aged 60) Bern, Switzerland
Resting place	Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Title	American Consul in Switzerland
Term	April 1907 – 3 April 1908
Spouse	Mary Frances Halloran (m. 1875–85; her death)