Rose ffrench, 1st Baroness ffrench (died 8 December 1805) was an Irish

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 peeress

Peerage

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.

The eldest daughter of Patrick Dillon of Roscommon

Roscommon

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, she married, 25 June 1761,
Sir Charles ffrench, 1st Baronet (cr.1779), who was later Mayor of Galway

Galway

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. He died in 1784.

In 1798, Lady ffrench was created Baroness ffrench, of Castle ffrench, County Galway in recognition of the services of her son, Sir Thomas ffrench, 2nd Bt., who was a member of the Catholic Committee. Because she was nominally Protestant, the creation was in keeping with King George III's

George III of the United Kingdom

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 objection to promoting Catholics.

Upon her decease, her son Sir Thomas inherited the barony.