Mark Roche
Born 1851 (Circa)
Died 30 December 1922
Active: 1876 - 1887
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, civil servant
Born in St Albans. Son of William Roche, clergyman (born c.1808 in London). Primary employment was as a clerk in a bank (c.1871) and by c.1881 in the Secretary's Office of the GPO (General Post Office). His brother Walter, also a sculptor, worked in the same office at the GPO. There is no record of him in the census returns after 1891, so he may have worked abroad. However, he ultimately retired to his brother's house in Norfolk, The Grange, Tasburgh, Norwich where he died.
Wealth at death: £7,159 19s. 8d.
Probate date: 8 March 1923
Locations
Address Holywell Hill St. Albans | View on map
1876 (Circa)
Address 245 Stanhope Street Regent's Park London | View on map
1877 (Circa) - 1878 (Circa)
Address 5 St Augustine's Road Camden Square London NW | View on map
1879 (Circa) - 1883 (Circa)
Together with his brother, Walter, sharing the studio of William Frederick Spencer, sculptor
Address 4 Camden Square London | View on map
1885 (Circa) - 1887 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1876 - 1887
Exhibited 9 or 10 times, about twelve works in all (a mix of ideal works, some with religious themes, and portrait busts)
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the fourteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1884
1884
'And Sweeter far is Death than Life to me that long to go' - Tennyson's 'May Queen' (cat. no. 2241, £84).
Personal and Professional Connections
Friends with William Frederick Spencer
1879 (Circa)
Mark and his brother shared Spencer's studio for several years
Sister/sibling of Walter Roche
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'General Body E V O [?] Saving's Bank'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Clerk Sec[retary']s Office G P O'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'3rd Class Clerk Secretary Office (Gen Post Office London)'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 1378 folio 127 page 13
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 1432 folio 52 page 13
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 131 folio 127 page 46
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Mark Roche
Probate Date: 8 Mar 1923
Death Date: 30 Dec 1922
Death Place: Norfolk, England
Registry: London
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1884 Walker Art Gallery
1884
p. 130.
Citing this record
'Mark Roche', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1278530431, accessed 25 Sep 2021]
