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| | Richard Parsons 1st Earl of Rosse |
 | | RICHARD (PARSONS), 1st EARL OF ROSSE, G.M, in 1725 and 1730; of Bellamont, Co. Dublin, was only surviving son of Richard, lst Viscount Rosse, born, in January, 1702-3, when yet a minor, he succeeded as second Viscount. |
 | | He was grandson of Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet, by Katherine, eldest daughter of Arthur, 2nd Viscount Ranelagh, by Katherine, the attached sister of Robert Boyle the Philosopher, and one of the eight daughters of the Great Earl of Cork. |
 | | She was wooed by Richard Talbot, Duke of Tyrconnel, King james's famotis, general and Lord Deputy of Ireland 1686 to 1692, but she preferred to become wife to Sir George, Comte de Hamiltonthe Comte, however, having died in 1676 she married her old love in 1679. |
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