James Jeffrey Roche

For other people with the same name, see James Roche.

James Jeffery Roche
Roche in 1889
Born(1847-05-31)May 31, 1847
Mountmellick, Ireland
DiedApril 3, 1908(1908-04-03) (aged 60)
Bern, Switzerland
Resting placeHolyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
TitleAmerican Consul in Switzerland
TermApril 1907 – 3 April 1908
SpouseMary 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]

  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