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William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse. William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (14 June 1873 – 10 June 1918) was an Irish peer and British Army officer. He was known as Lord Oxmantown until 1908. Birr Castle, County Offaly. Early life. He was the son of Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse and Frances Cassandra Hawke.
18 apr 2024 · William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, Baron of Oxmantown, 8th Baronet of Birr Castle, was born 14 June 1873 to Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, and Lady Frances Cassandra Hawke. Before inheriting the earldom, Lord Oxmantown was commissioned into a militia battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1896, and was swiftly ...
19 mar 2018 · William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (14 June 1873 – 10 June 1918) was the son of Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse and Frances Cassandra Hawke. He was elected a Representative Peer in 1911. He fought in the First World War and died on 10 June 1918 at age 44, from wounds received in action.
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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867) Rep. peer from 1845, taking the Earl of Limerick's room; Lord Dunboyne followed. Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (1840–1908) Rep. peer from 1868, taking Lord Farnham's room; Lord Ashtown followed. William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (1873–1918) Rep. peer from 1911, taking the 3rd ...
William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse was an Irish peer and British Army officer. He was known as Lord Oxmantown until 1908.
Parsons, William. Contributed by. Scaife, W. Garrett. Parsons, William (1800–67), astronomer and 3rd earl of Rosse , was born 17 June 1800 at York, England, eldest among three sons and two daughters of Sir Lawrence Parsons (1758–1841) of Parsonstown (Birr), King's Co. (Offaly), and Alice Parsons (née Lloyd), daughter of a neighbouring landowner.
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse KP FRS HonFRSE (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an Irish astronomer, naturalist, and engineer. He was president of the Royal Society (UK), the most important association of naturalists in the world in the nineteenth century. He built several giant telescopes.
