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William was the eldest son of Sir Lawrence Parsons, Second Earl of Rosse and Alice ( née Lloyd). The Parsons family came to Ireland from England at the end of the 16th century and settled in Birr, King's County (county offaly) (Parsonstown, King's County), in 1620. The Second Earl had been a prominent member of the Irish parliament since 1782 ...
31 de mai. de 2022 · About William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse KP PRS HonFRSE (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an Anglo-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.
4 de abr. de 2024 · M33. William Parsons, 3rd earl of Rosse (born June 17, 1800, York, England—died October 31, 1867, Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish astronomer and builder of the largest reflecting telescope, the “ Leviathan ,” of the 19th century. In 1821 Parsons was elected to the House of Commons. He resigned his seat in 1834 but in 1841 ...
William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (14 June 1873 – 10 June 1918), married Frances Lois Lister-Kaye, daughter of Sir Cecil Lister-Kaye, 4th Baronet and Lady Beatrice Adeline Pelham-Clinton Hon. Geoffry Lawrence Parsons (24 May 1874 – 13 May 1956), married Margaret Betty Gladstone, daughter of Sir John Gladstone, 4th Baronet
Sir William Parsons (1800 -67), 3rd Earl of Rosse of Birr Castle in Kings County (Offaly), built what was for some 70 years the largest telescope in the world. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1821-1834. Lord Rosse married Lady Mary Field, daughter of John Wilmer Field on 14 April 1836. Upon the death of his father, Laurence Parsons ...
Sir William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (1873-1918), was a solider in the Irish Guards. He fought in the First World War and died in 1918 of injuries received in action two years previously. His son, Sir (Laurence) Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (1906-1979) was heavily involved in Irish cultural affairs and a keen dendrologist.
William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse. retrieved. 9 October 2017. date of death. 10 June 1918 Gregorian. 1 reference. stated in. The Peerage. The Peerage person ...
