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Occupation. Irish peer. Spouse. Alice Lloyd. Children. five. Parent (s) Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet and Mary Clere. Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (21 May 1758 – 24 February 1841), known as Sir Lawrence Parsons, Bt, from 1791 to 1807, was an Irish peer.
Parsons, Lawrence, (1758-1841), 2nd Earl of Rosse This page summarises records created by this Person The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.
Parsons was in favour of moderate reform in Ireland, and opposed the Act of Union. In 1801 he was elected as M.P. for King's County in the parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, after which his views became less radical. He was made one of the Lords of the Treasury in 1805, and succeeded his half-brother as 2nd Earl of Rosse in 1807.
A Compendium of Irish Biography. 1878. Parsons, Sir Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Rosse, was born 21st May 1758. [His ancestor, Sir William Parsons, settled in Ireland in Elizabeth's reign, was Commissioner of Plantations, and obtained large grants of land from the Crown. He was for some time Lord-Justice in conjunction with Sir John Borlace, but was ...
Of particular interest to us here is Sir Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (1758-1841). Sir Lawrence pursued many interests throughout his lifetime . He was a MP for Trinity College from 1782-1790 and for Kings County from 1891-1807.
Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse. by James Heath, after John Comerford stipple engraving, published 1810 11 1/4 in. x 8 1/8 in. (286 mm x 207 mm) paper size Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861 Reference Collection NPG D9342
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PARSONS, Sir LAWRENCE, second Earl of Rosse (1758–1841), eldest son of Sir William Parsons of Birr, and Mary, only daughter and heiress of John Clere of Kilburry, was born on 21 May 1758. He graduated B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1780, and in the same year published a pamphlet denouncing the Irish Mutiny Bill.
