Sir Standish O'Grady Roche, 4th Baronet, DSO (or Standish O'Grady-Roche) (13 March 1911 – 2 April 1977) of Ireland, was commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Beaufort in the World War II Second Battle of Sirte on 22 March 1942.
He became baronet on 9 December 1914 at the age of 3 on the death of his father Standish Dean O'Grady Roche.
[4][usurped] His mother was Cecilia, daughter of Henry Dean O'Grady of Lodge, County Limerick, Stillorgan Castle, County Dublin, and Merrion Square.
[1] He earned the Distinguished Service Order[2] and Croix de Guerre while protecting convoys near Malta.
[1] He also served as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand through January 1938 while a Royal Navy lieutenant.