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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse KP FRS (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an English engineer and astronomer.He built several giant telescopes. [1] [2] His 72-inch telescope, built in 1845 and colloquially known as the "Leviathan of Parsonstown", was the world's largest telescope, in terms of aperture size, until the early 20th century. [3]
He was the son of Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse and Frances Cassandra Hawke. Lord Rosse was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He subsequently studied farming in Denmark. [1] Lord Oxmantown was commissioned into a militia battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1896 and promoted lieutenant shortly afterwards.
He was an Irish Representative Peer between 1868 and 1908 and Lord Lieutenant of King's County between 1892 and 1908. His son, the fifth Earl, was an Irish Representative Peer from 1911 to 1918 and Lord-Lieutenant of King's County from 1908 to 1918. Lord Rosse fought in the First World War and died from
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Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse, KP FRS (17 November 1840 – 29 August 1908) was a member of the Irish peerage and an amateur astronomer. His name is often given as Laurence Parsons . Biography
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (b. 17 June 1800 – d. 31 October 1867) Hon. John Clere Parsons (b. 17 August 1802 – d. 10 August 1828) Hon. Laurence Parsons (b. 2 November 1805 – d. 22 November 1894) Lady Alicia Parsons (b. c. 1815 – d. 21 January 1885) Jane Parsons married Arthur Edward Knox. They had two sons and three daughters.
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Parsons was the son of William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, whom he succeeded in 1918, and Frances Lois Lister-Kaye, daughter of Sir Cecil Edmund Lister-Kaye, 4th Bt. and Lady Beatrice Adeline Pelham-Clinton. Lord Rosse was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford (B.A., 1929; M.A. 1931).