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John Spencer1924–1992Albert Spencer1892–1975Cynthia Spencer1897–1972Ruth Roche1908–1993Charles Spencer1857–1922Margaret Baring1868–1906James Hamilton1869–1953R. Hamilton1869–1958James Roche1852–1920William Gill1865–1957Ruth Littlejohn1879–1964f. spenceradelaide seymouredward baringlouisa bulteeljames hamiltonmaria hamiltoncharles binghamc. gordon-lennoxedmond rochee. boothbyfrank m. workellen woodalexander gillbarbara marrdavid littlejohnjane crombiegeorge spencerlavinia spencerhorace seymourelizabeth palkhenry baringcecilia windhamjohn bulteele. bulteeljames hamiltonlouisa hamiltonr. curzon-howeanne goregeorge binghamanne brudenellc. gordon-lennoxcaroline pagetedward rochemargaret curtainjames boothbyc. cunninghamjohn worksarah boudejohn woodellen strongdavid gillsarah ogstonwilliam marrhelen beanw. littlejohnjanet bentleyjames crombiekatherine forbesjohn spencer 1734g. spencer 1737charles bingham 1735margaret bingham 1740hugh seymour 1759anne waldegrave 1762lawrence palk 1766dorothy vaughan 1765francis baring 1740harriet baring 1750william lukin 1768anne thellusson 1774john bulteel 1763e. perring 1766charles grey 1764mary grey 1776james hamilton 1786harriet gordon 1792john russell 1766g. russell 1781penn curzon 1757sophia curzon 1762john gore 1772g. montagu 1786richard bingham 1764e. belasyse 1770robert brudenell 1760penelope cooke 1770charles lennox 1764charlotte lennox 1768henry paget 1768c. campbell 1774edmund roche 1740frances coghlan 1743william curtain 1757margaret deasy 1761william boothbyann brownell 1765a. cunningham 1754susanna guinand 1761john worksarahjoseph boude 1740barbara black 1759george woodelizabeth conner 1766joseph strong 1770rebecca young 1779john gill 1766isabella nicoll 1776alexander ogston 1766helen milne 1776john marrbarbara smithgeorge beanjames littlejohn 1773jean chalmers 1781james bentley 1771isobel 1771john crombie 1772catherine harvey 1786theodore forbes 1788eliza kewark 1790IIIIIIIIIIIIVIVVVVIVIVIIVIIDiana1961–1997Frances Roche1936–2004Maurice Roche1885–1955Frances Ellen Work1857–1947

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Diana, Princess of WalesIV
Chapter four

An heiress
from New York

Frances Ellen Work was born in New York City in October 1857, a daughter of the stockbroker Frank Work, a protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt.1 On 22 September 1880, at Christ Church, she married the Hon. James Roche; the divorce decree of 1891 gave her custody of their children.2

1D. Williamson, Genealogists' Magazine, vol. 20 (1981), pp. 192–199.
2The New York Times, 4 March 1891: “A celebrated suit ended”.
New York — London1880
Frances Ellen Work, photographed as Mrs Burke Roche around 1910. She was Diana's great-grandmother.
Frances Ellen Work, photographed as Mrs Burke Roche around 1910. She was Diana's great-grandmother.
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Seven generations
The family of Diana, Princess of Wales
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Places
Where they lived
New York City1857
Chelsea, London1885
Park House, Sandringham1936
Park House, Sandringham1961
02Places and maps
Photographs
Diana at the White House, 9 November 1985.
Diana at the White House, 9 November 1985.
Catalogued as “Edmund Burke Roche”, 1915: her grandfather Maurice, whose first name was Edmund.
Catalogued as “Edmund Burke Roche”, 1915: her grandfather Maurice, whose first name was Edmund.
Sandringham House on an early 1900s postcard. Diana and her mother were both born on this royal estate, at Park House.
Sandringham House on an early 1900s postcard. Diana and her mother were both born on this royal estate, at Park House.
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Notes · Chapter four
Where this comes from
1
D. Williamson, Genealogists' Magazine, 1981: born 27 October 1857.
Published pedigree
2
The New York Times, 4 March 1891: divorce granted, with custody of the children.
Newspaper · matches
3
Her tombstone, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn: born 28 October.
Differs · one day later
“Mrs. Burke Roche”, a plate in Fair Women from Vogue (New York, 1894) — three years after the divorce, still under her married name.
“Mrs. Burke Roche”, a plate in Fair Women from Vogue (New York, 1894) — three years after the divorce, still under her married name.
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