Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Rosse
Personal details
Born (1906-09-28)28 September 1906
Died 5 July 1979(1979-07-05) (aged 72)
Spouse(s)
Children Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse
Hon. Martin Parsons
Parents William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse
Frances Lois Lister-Kaye
Education Eton College
Christ Church, Oxford
Railway Club at Oxford, coincived by John Sutro, dominated by Harold Acton. Left to right, back: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Weymouth, David Plunket Greene, Harry Stavordale, Brian Howard. Middle row: Michael Rosse, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, Patrick Balfour, Mark Ogilvie-Grant, Johnny Drury-Lowe; front: porters.

Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (28 September 1906 – 5 July 1979) was an Irish peer. He was the son of William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, whom he succeeded in 1918, and Frances Lois Lister-Kaye. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Education

At Oxford Parsons was part of the Railway Club, which included: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, David Plunket Greene, Edward Henry Charles James Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester, Brian Howard, Michael Parsons, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, Mark Ogilvie-Grant, John Drury-Lowe.[1]

Career

Lord Rosse was active in the National Trust, and served as Chancellor of the University of Dublin.[2]

Marriage and children

Rosse married Anne Messel, daughter of Lt.-Col. Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel, on 19 September 1935. They had two children:

  • Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (born 21 October 1936),[3] married Alison Margaret Cooke-Hurle, daughter of Major John Davey Cooke-Hurle and had issue.
  • Hon. Desmond Oliver Martin Parsons (23 December 1938 – 16 July 2010),[4] married Aline Edwina Macdonald, daughter of George Alexander Macdonald and had issue.

Anne Messel, by her first marriage to Ronald Armstrong-Jones, was the mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, who in 1960 married The Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Lancaster, Marie-Jaqueline (2005). Brian Howard: Portrait of a Failure. Timewell Press. p. 122. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Years in Focus - Knottingley in 1979
  3. ↑ Debrett's People of Today — The Earl of Rosse
  4. ↑ Google Groups — PARSONS, Hon (Desmond Oliver) Martin (1938-2010)
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
William Parsons		 Earl of Rosse
1918–1979		 Succeeded by
Brendan Parsons
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