Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse

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

Lord Rosse was active in the National Trust, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin^[1].

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),^[2] 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),^[3] 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

• The Peerage.com

Notes

1. ^ Years in Focus - Knottingley in 1979
2. ^ Debrett's People of Today — The Earl of Rosse
3. ^ 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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Name	Rosse, Lawrence Parsons, 6th Earl of
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