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	William Parsons Rosse - LoveToKnow 1911
		WILLIAM PARSONS ROSSE, 3RD Earl Of (1800-1867), Irish astronomer and telescope constructor, was born at York on the 17th of June 1800, a son of the 2nd earl (see above).
		The eldest, Lawrence Parsons, 4th earl of Rosse, and Baron Oxmantown, born on the 17th of November 1840, succeeded to the title on his father's death, and made many investigations on the heavenly bodies, particularly on the radiation of the moon and related physical questions; the youngest, the Hon.
		Charles Algernon Parsons, born on the 13th of June 1854, is famous for his commercial development of the steam turbine.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Parsons_Rosse (714 words)

	Earl of Rosse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lawrence Harman Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1749-1807), elected a Representative Peer in 1800
		Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (1758-1841), elected a Representative Peer in 1809
		Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (1840-1908), elected a Representative Peer in 1868
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_of_Rosse (221 words)

	3RD EARL WILLIAM PARSO... - Online Information article about 3RD EARL WILLIAM PARSO... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Rosse died at Monkstown on the 3ist of See also:
		Charles Algernon Parsons, born on the 13th of June 1854, is famous for his commercial development of the See also:
		present earl (" Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars made with the 6-foot and 3-foot Reflectors at Birr Castle from 1848 to 1878 ") in the Scient.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RON_SAC/ROSSE_WILLIAM_PARSONS_3RD_EARL.html (1561 words)

	Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (November 17, 1840 – August 30, 1908) was the son and successor of the astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse who built the "Leviathan of Parsonstown" telescope, largest of its day.
		His name is often given as Laurence Parsons.
		Although overshadowed by his father (when astronomers speak of "Lord Rosse", it is almost always the father that they refer to), he nonetheless pursued some astronomical observations of his own, particularly of the Moon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lawrence_Parsons,_4th_Earl_of_Rosse (125 words)

	Encyclopedia: Earl of Rosse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On the death of the Earl of Buchan and Ross, at the battle of Verneuil in France in 1424, the earldom of Ross reverted to the crown.
		On the forfeiture of the Lord of the Isles in 1476, the earldom of Ross became vested in the crown.
		In this way the earldom of Ross became separated from the chiefship of the clan, and it ultimately, after the forfeiture of John, Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross, at the end of the fifteenth century, was conferred upon the second son of James III.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Earl-of-Rosse (327 words)

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		ROSSE, WILLIAM PARSONS, 3RD EARL of (1800—1867), Irish astronomer and telescope constructor, was born at York on the 17th of June ',Boo, a son of the 2nd earl (see above).
		Lord Rosse died at Monkstown on the 3ist of October 1867.
		The accounts of the observations given in these papers, however, were fragmentary; but in 1879–8o a complete account of them was published by the present earl (" Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars made with the 6-foot and 3-foot Reflectors at Birr Castle from 1848 to 1878 ") in the Scient.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=57551 (707 words)

	A-Z of Offaly in 1837 - Ancestral Research, Family History, Laois, Offaly, Genealogy
		In the proceedings under the commission for the plantation of Ely O'Carrol, in the reign of James I., Birr and its appendages were assigned to Lawrence Parsons, brother of Sir Wm.
		parsons, the surveyor-general, in 1620; and, as in the grant the place is described as the castle, for, village, and lands of Birr, it must have been of some importance.
		The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, partly impropriate in the Earl of Norbury, and partly, with cure of souls, in the patronage of the Bishop : the tithes amount to £278.1.4., one-half of which is payable to the impropriator and the other to the incumbent.
	www.irishmidlandsancestry.com /content/offaly/a-z/offaly_p-w.htm (7680 words)

	Alexandra Parsons
		It is one of a number of stations to have held the name at various times and should not be confused with the current holder, Alexandra Palace station on the WAGN line to the east.
		Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse - Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse (November 17 1840 â“ August 30 1908) was the son and successor of the astronomer William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse who built the "Leviathan of Parsonstown" telescope, largest of its day.
		King Parsons - Iceman Parsons (born King Parsons) was a professional wrestler that sometimes went by Iceman King Parsons.
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	thePeerage.com - Commander Reginald Edward Gore and others
		Laurence Parsons, son of Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse and Alice Lloyd, on 11 April 1849.
		She married Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, son of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse and Mary Field, on 1 September 1870.
		She married William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, son of Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse and Alice Lloyd, on 14 April 1836.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1279.htm (654 words)

	A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis
		Parsons, the surveyor-general, in 1620; and, as in the grant the place is described as the castle, fort, village, and lands of Birr, it must have been of some importance.
		The manor descended by marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of William de Burgo, Earl of Ulster, to Lionel, Duke of Clarence, from whom it passed to the Mortimer family, and subsequently to the Earl of Clanricarde, to whom it was confirmed, in 1610, together with the castle, monastery, fair and markets.
		The Earl of Clanricarde died in 1636, and was succeeded by Ulic, the fifth Earl of that family, who, on the breaking out of the war in 1641, fortified his castle and took every precaution to secure the peace of the county.
	www.booksulster.com /library/topog/p.php (17602 words)

	William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse@Everything2.com
		William Parsons was born at York on the 17th of June 1800, a son of the 2nd Earl.
		From 1827 he devoted himself to the improvement of reflecting telescopes; in 1839 he mounted a telescope of 3 foot aperture at his seat, Birr Castle, Parsonstown; and in February 1845 his celebrated 6-foot reflector was finished.
		Lord Rosse gave a detailed account of the experiments which step by step had led to the construction of the 3-foot speculum in the Philosophical Transactions for 1840.
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1754888 (707 words)

	Earl of Rosse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The first creation was in 1718 for Richard Parsons; the earldom became extinct whenthe second earl died without heirs.
		Lawrence Harman Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1749 - 1807)
		Lawrence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (1758 - 1841)
	www.therfcc.org /earl-of-rosse-109164.html (148 words)

	Photos
		Wiliam Parsons (3rd Earl of Rosse) discovered 226 NGC and 7 IC-object objects between 1848 and 1865 with the 72" reflector at Birr Castle.
		They were published by his son Lawrence Parsons (4th Earl of Rosse): Observations of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars Made With the Six-foot and Three-foot Reflectors at Birr Castle From the Year 1848 up to the Year 1878, Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Vol.
		The following objects are credited by Dreyer to the 3rd Earl of Rosse (LdR), but are discovered by others or identical to another NGC/IC object.
	www.klima-luft.de /steinicke/ngcic/persons/rosse3.htm (126 words)

	Personal and routine correspondence
		Parsons to Harrod, giving the 6th Earl of Rosse's grades for his final results at Oxford, 21 February 1928.
		Twenty-one letters from Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons (one enclosing a letter from a Chinese student who wanted to apply for Oxford), 6th Earl of Rosse, 1930-38, ff.
		Correspondents include Felix Frankfurter, Tristan Brusst, the 2nd Earl of Birkenhead, Lord Camrose, Alfred North Whitehead, John Cecil Masterman, Ralph Hawtrey, the Anverse Chamber of Commerce, Barclays Bank, George (Dadie) Rylands, Anthony de Rotschild, Puffin Cresswell, [10] Mark Ogilvie-Grant, Robert Byron.
	economia.unipv.it /harrod/edition/editionstuff/rfh.3e9.htm (6924 words)

	Birr Castle & Science Center: The Castle
		Sir Lawrence retired from politics at the beginning of the 19th century, disgusted at the Act of Union, though he later accepted the post of Joint Postmaster General and saw Dublin's magnificent GPO build during his term of office.
		The 2nd Earl's eldest son William who became the 3rd Earl of Rosse, constructed in the 1840's, the giant telescope which is located in the middle of the Park.
		The 6th Earl sponsored and subscribed to plant collected expeditions to the Americas and Eastern Asia and arranged for the first major expedition to be undertaken by a Chinese, when he was on his honey moon in Peking in 1935.
	members.aol.com /irep/castle.htm (1456 words)

	Earl of Rosse - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Earl of Rosse - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Earl of Rosse contains research on
		Earl of Rosse, Viscounts Oxmantown (1681), Earls of Rosse, First Creation (1718), Earls of Rosse, Second Creation (1806), Birr Castle and Earldoms.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Earl_of_Rosse (224 words)

	A Compendium of Irish Biography: comprising sketches of distinguished Irishmen, eminent persons connected with Ireland ...
		Parsons, William, 3rd Earl of Rosse, astronomer, son of preceding, was born at York, 17th June 1800.
		Pery, Edmond Henry, Earl of Limerick, nephew of preceding (son of the Bishop of Limerick, Lord Glentworth), was born 8th January 1758.
		He was defeated by the Marquis of Ormond at New Ross on the 18th March 1644, and obliged to retreat across the Barrow, with a loss of 500 men, his baggage, and ammunition.
	www.booksulster.com /library/biography/biographyP.php (12864 words)

	Reference Encyclopedia - 1800
		January 12 - George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, English diplomat and statesman (died 1870)
		June 17 - William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Irish astronomer (died 1867)
		Richard Lawrence, attempted assassin of Andrew Jackson (died 1861)
	www.referenceencyclopedia.com /?title=1800 (2100 words)

	King's County Families - Offaly History, Archaeology, Offaly Towns, Heritage, Research, King's County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Gilland, Youghal, formerly of 4th Regt; born 1827; married, 1866, Annie, daughter of Thomas A Cocksedge, Drinkstone House, Suffolk.
		Molloy, Lawrence Bomford, J.P, of Clonbela, eldest son of Daniel Molloy, by Julia, daughter of Major James Higginson of Cushendon, Antrim; born 1845, married 1869, Amy, daughter of Rev J Gumley of London, Canada, and has with other issue, Laurence, born 1870.
		Lawrence, M.A, T.C.D, J.P, is younger son of Lawrence, 2nd Earl of Rosse, by Alice, daughter of John Lloyd, of Gloster; born 1805; married 1st, 1836, Lady Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Hector, 2nd Earl of Norbury (she died 1844); 2nd, 1849, the Hon.
	www.offalyhistory.com /content/reading_resources/offaly_gen/kings_fam.htm (4008 words)

	Sports Fresh : Article 'Earl of Dartrey' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The title of Earl of Dartrey was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1866.
		It became extinct upon the death of the 3rd Earl in 1933.
		Earls of Dartrey (1866) Richard Dawson, 1st Earl of Dartrey (1817-1897) Vesey Dawson, 2nd Earl of Dartrey (1842-1920) Anthony Lucius Dawson, 3rd Earl of Dartrey (1855-1933)
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		The next earl of Rosse, Lawrence Parsons, was just as bright as his father, and built a device to measure the heat given off by the moon.
		Charles Algemon Parsons, Lawrence's brother, invented the steam turbine for the earliest British iron battleships, while their mother, Mary Rosse, the third earl's wife, was a pioneer in 19th-century photography.
		It is a rectory and vicarage, in the diocese of Kildare, forming the corps of the prebend of Geashill in the cathedral of Kildare, and in the patronage of Earl Digby: the tithes amount to £1292.
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		...William Parsons, 3d earl of, (ros) (KEY), 1800-1867, British astronomer and constructor of telescopes.
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