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About Boyle Roche
Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician. After a distinguished career in North America with the British Army, Roche became a member of the Irish House of Commons in 1775, generally acting in support of the viceregal government. He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than for his politics – they were riddled with mixed metaphors, malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase. Roche may have been Richard Brinsley Sheridan's model for Mrs Malaprop.
Everything about Boyle Roche →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
- Born
- October 1736
- Died
- June 5, 1807