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William Parsons

1800 - 1867

Born

17 June 1800

York, Yorkshire, England

Died

31 October 1867

Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland

Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
08/12/1831
Relationships
Eldest son of Sir Lawrence William Parson, 2nd Earl of Rosse and Alice Lloyd; succeeded his father as 3rd Earl (1841); married (14 May 1836) Mary, daughter and co-heiress of John Wilmer Field of Heaton Hall, Yorkshire (died 1885); father of Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (FRS 1898); three other sons

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