Editing Frances Shand Kydd (section)

==Early life==
She was born Frances Ruth Roche at [[Sandringham House#Park House|Park House]], on the royal estate at [[Sandringham House|Sandringham]], Norfolk, on 20 January 1936.<ref>England & Wales, Birth Index, Jan–Feb–Mar 1936, 4b 344, Freedbridge Lynn, Norfolk</ref><ref name="cor4june">{{cite news|last=Corby|first=Tom|date=4 June 2004|title=Frances Shand Kydd|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/04/guardianobituaries.monarchy|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> Her birth was on the same day as the death of [[George V]]. Her father was [[Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy]], a friend of [[George VI]] and the elder son of the American heiress [[Frances Ellen Work]] and her first husband, the [[James Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy|3rd Baron Fermoy]].<ref name=cor4june/> Her mother, [[Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy]], a daughter of [[Colonel]] [[William Smith Gill]], was a confidante and lady-in-waiting to [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] (later the Queen Mother).<ref name="Telegraph obit">{{cite news|date=4 June 2004|title=Frances Shand Kydd|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/1463546/Frances-Shand-Kydd.html|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref> Since birth, she held the style of ''[[The Honourable]]'' as the daughter of a [[Baron Fermoy|baron]]. She was educated at [[Downham School]] in [[Essex]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Down Hall |url=https://www.downhall.co.uk/uploads/documents/GeneralDocuments/History_of_Down_Hall_-_updated.pdf |website=downhall.co.uk |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>