Famous People with Name Roches

Léon Roches            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Léon Roches: was a representative of the French government in Japan from 1864 to 1868. Léon Roches was a student at the Lycée de Tournon in Grenoble, and followed an education in Law. After only 6 months in University, he quit to assist friends of his father as a trader in Marseilles.[1]

L?on Roches            Origin/Culture/Country: French

L?on Roches: was a representative of the French government in Japan from 1864 to 1868.On October 7, 1863, Roches was nominated Consul General of France in Edo, Japan. His great rival was Harry Parkes. The French government took the side of the Tokugawa Bakufu and thus

Paul "Rocky" Rochester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Paul "Rocky" Rochester: attended Michigan State University. He played defensive tackle in the American Football League for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Jets.

John Rochester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Rochester: was a Canadian industrialist, mayor of Ottawa, Ontario from 1870 to 1871, and a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Carleton from 1872 to 1882. John Rochester Jr. was for 11 years a member of Ottawa City Council. He was a staunch Wesleyan Methodist and helped establish a local order of the Orange Lodge and was also a Freemason. He co-founded the Ottawa Free Press, was vice-president of the Ottawa Agricultural Insurance Company and was a partner with former Ottawa Mayor John Bower Lewis in the Metropolitan Trust and Loan Company.