Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse

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William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (known as Brendan;[1] born 21 October 1936), is an Irish peer. He was the eldest son of Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, and Anne (née Messel, mother of Lord Snowdon, by an earlier marriage). Lord Rosse was educated at Eton College, Aiglon College, Grenoble University and Christ Church, Oxford. He was an officer in the Irish Guards from 1955–57 and worked for the United Nations from 1963-80. He succeeded his father in 1979. He lives at Birr Castle, County Offaly. From his birth until he succeeded to the peerage in 1979, he was known as Baron Oxmantown.

From 1979 to 2007, Lord and Lady Rosse facilitated many decades of research by A.P.W. Malcomson, former director of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, and latterly sponsored by the Irish Manuscripts Commission, to enable the production, for the first time, of a comprehensive Calendar of the Rosse Papers in 2008.[citation needed] The archive is held in the Muniment Room of Birr Castle. The Calendar is of inestimable value for researchers delving into the history of the Parsons family, including English settlement of the Irish midlands in the 17th century, the Williamite wars, early Irish nationalism, the British navy in the eighteenth century, and nineteenth century science and astronomy, and the fate of the landed gentry in the early twentieth century.[citation needed]

Marriage and children

He married Alison Margaret Cooke-Hurle, daughter of Major John Davey Cooke-Hurle and Margaret Louisa Watson, on 15 October 1966.[2] They have three children:

Ancestry

Family of Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Mary Field
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Edward Harvey-Hawke, 4th Baron Hawke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Frances Cassandra Hawke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Frances Fetherstonhaugh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Lawrence Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Lister Lister-Kaye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Cecil Lister-Kaye, 4th Baronet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Caroline Pepys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Frances Lois Lister-Kaye
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Beatrice Adeline Pelham-Clinton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Henrietta Hope
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Simon Messel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Ludwig Ernst Messel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Emilie Lindheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Leonard Messel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Thomas Cussans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Anne Cussans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Matilda Ann Goodman Southwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Anne Messel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Edward Mott Sambourne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Edward Linley Sambourne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Frances Linley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Maud Sambourne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Spencer Herapath
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Marion Herapath
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Anne Walk–er
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Profile, debretts.com; accessed 21 December 2015.
  2. Profile, thepeerage.com; accessed 21 December 2015.

Sources

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Rosse
1979 – present
Incumbent
Heir:
Lawrence Parsons

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