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See also:ROSSE, See also:EARL OF , a See also:title See also:borne by the Irish See also:family of See also:Parsons. See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Parsons, a native of See also:Leicestershire, who flourished in the 16th See also:century, was the See also:father of See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Parsons (c. 1570-165o), one of the lords justices of See also:Ireland. Having crossed to Ireland in See also:early See also:life, William Parsons became surveyor-See also:general in 1602 and obtained See also:land in various parts of the See also:country. In 1620 he was made a See also:baronet; in 1643 he was deprived of his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office as See also:lord See also:justice, and he died early in 165o. His See also:great-See also:grandson, Sir See also:Richard Parsons, See also:bart. (c. 1657-r703), was created See also:Baron Oxmantown and See also:Viscount Rosse in x681, and Richard's son and successor, Richard (d. 1741), was made earl of Rosse in 1718. The titles became See also:extinct when Richard, the See also:mid earl, died in See also:August 1764.
Sir William Parsons had two See also:brothers, Sir See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence and Sir See also:Fenton Parsons. Sir Lawrence, second baron of the Irish See also:exchequer, See also:left a son, William (d. 1653), who defended See also:Birr See also:Castle, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:County, for over a See also:year against the Irish during
1 Figures again vary in different authorities. The above figure is that given by Berndt, Zahl See also:im Kriege.
the See also:rebellion of 1641, and whose son, Sir Lawrence Parsons (d. 1698), was made a baronet in 1677. This Sir Lawrence was a strong See also:Protestant, and was found guilty of high See also:treason, being attainted and sentenced to See also:death during the brief See also:period of James II.'s ascendancy in Ireland. He was not executed, however, and afterwards he took some See also:part in the struggle against the supporters of James II. His descendant, Lawrence Harman Parsons (1749—1807), was created Baron Oxmantown in 1792, Viscount Oxmantown in 1795, and earl of Rosse in 18o6. He died on the loth of See also:April 1807, and was succeeded by his See also:nephew Lawrence.
Lawrence Parsons, 2nd earl of Rosse (1758—1841), the eldest son of Sir William Parsons, See also:hart. (d. 1791), of Birr Castle, was See also:born on the 21st of May 1758. Educated at Trinity See also:College, See also:Dublin, he entered the Irish See also:parliament as member for the university in 1782, and soon came to the front in debate. A friend and follower of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Flood, he has been described as " one of the very, very few honest men in the Irish See also:House of See also:Commons." He favoured some measure of See also:relief to See also:Roman Catholics and also See also:parliamentary reform, a speech which he delivered on this question in 1793 being described by W. E. H. See also:Lecky as " exceedingly valuable to students of Irish See also:history "; but he disliked and opposed the See also:union of the parliaments of Great See also:Britain and Ireland. After this event, however, he represented King's County in the See also:united parliament until 1807, and he was a representative peer for Ireland from 1809 to 1841. He died at See also:Brighton on the 24th of See also:February 1841. Rbsse wrote Observations on the See also:Bequest of Henry Flood to Trinity College, Dublin, with a See also:Defence of the See also:Ancient History of Ireland (Dublin, 1795). His eldest son was the astronomer William Parsons, 3rd earl of Rosse (see below).
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