Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse

Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse KP (born November 17, 1840 at Birr Castle, Parsonstown , County Offaly , † August 29, 1908 , according to other information August 30, 1908 ) was an Irish nobleman and astronomer . He was the son of William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse and inherited the title of Earl of Rosse on his death in 1867 .

From 1868 until his death, he was one of the elected Representative Peers of the Irish nobles in the House of Lords . Between 1892 and 1908 he continued to serve as Lord Lieutenant of King's County . His father had already worked in both positions.

Parsons was the 18th rector of Dublin University from 1885 to 1908 .

In 1880 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

In 1870 he married Frances Cassandra Hawke, daughter of Edward Harvey-Hawke, 4th Baron Hawke , on September 1, 1870, with whom he had three children. On his death the title passed to the eldest son William .

Web links

Lawrence Pearsons with Wolfgang Steinicke
Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Obituary Notices: Fellows: Lawrence Parsons, fourth Earl of Rosse. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 69 (1909), pp. 250-253 ( digitized ).
^ I. Elliott: Parsons, Laurence. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
↑ The Earl of Rosse [Obituary]. In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 20 (1908), No. 122, p. 272 ( digitized version ).
↑ Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
↑ Otto Boeddicker: Obituary: The Earl of Rosse. In: The Observatory, Vol. 31 (1908), pp. 374-376 ( digitized version ).
↑ Member entry of Laurence Parsons Earl of Rosse at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 23, 2016.

predecessor	Office	successor
William Parsons	Earl of Rosse 1867-1908	William Parsons

personal data
SURNAME	Parsons, Lawrence, 4th Earl of Rosse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Parsons, Lawrence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Irish nobleman and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birr (Ireland) , County Offaly
DATE OF DEATH	August 29, 1908 or August 30, 1908

[adsabs-1] Obituary Notices: Fellows: Lawrence Parsons, fourth Earl of Rosse. In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 69 (1909), pp. 250-253 ( digitized ).

[2] I. Elliott: Parsons, Laurence. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

[3] The Earl of Rosse [Obituary]. In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 20 (1908), No. 122, p. 272 ( digitized version ).

[4] Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.

[5] Otto Boeddicker: Obituary: The Earl of Rosse. In: The Observatory, Vol. 31 (1908), pp. 374-376 ( digitized version ).

[6] Member entry of Laurence Parsons Earl of Rosse at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 23, 2016.