Lawrence Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse
- Lawrence Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse
Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse was born on 28 September 1906 and died in 1979. 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
He was active in the National Trust, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin [ [http://www.knottingley.org/history/pastyears/years_1979.htm Years in Focus - Knottingley in 1979 ] ] .
=Marriage and children= He married as her second husband Anne Messel, daughter of Lt.-Col. Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel, on 19 September 1935.
* William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (b. 21 October 1936), married Alison Margaret Cooke-Hurle, daughter of Major John Davey Cooke-Hurle and had issue.
* Hon. Desmond Oliver Martin Parsons (b. 23 December 1938), married Aline Edwina Macdonald, daughter of George Alexander Macdonald and had issue.
(Anne Messel by her first marriage was the mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, who in 1960 married Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II of England.)
References
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p159.htm#i1581 The Peerage.com]
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