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An Irish peer, he was born at Twickenham, Middlesex, the son of Richard Parsons, 1st Viscount Rosse (c. 1657-1703) and Elizabeth Hamilton, niece of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough. His family had settled at New Ross, County Wexford at the beginning of the 17th century. The spelling Rosse distinguishes this Irish family from a Scottish ...
Richard or Dick Parsons may refer to: Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1702–1741), Irish freemason and founder member of the Hell-Fire Club; Richard Parsons (convict) (fl. 1823–1824), Australian convict and explorer; Richard C. Parsons (1826–1899), U.S. Representative from Ohio; Richard Parsons (bishop) (1882–1948), English Anglican ...
The first official Hellfire Club was founded in London in 1718, by Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton and a handful of other high-society friends. The most notorious club associated with the name was established in England by Francis Dashwood, [ 5 ] and met irregularly from around 1749 to around 1760, and possibly up until 1766.
Parsons navigated Time Warner through turbulent times, chaired Citigroup during the financial crisis, and dedicated his life to advancing equity. Richard Parsons, one of corporate America’s most ...
The Irish Hell Fire Club was founded around 1737 by Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, and James Worsdale. [22] Lord Rosse was probably the president of the club. [ 23 ] Evidence of the identities of other members comes from a painting by Worsdale entitled The Hell Fire Club, Dublin , now held by the National Gallery of Ireland , which shows ...
With Parsons as CEO, Time Warner slashed its debt by roughly half as it ushered in a new era of sustainable growth. Richard Parsons, American media and finance troubleshooter, dies at 76 Skip to ...
Richard Dean Parsons (April 4, 1948 – December 26, 2024) was an American business executive, notably the chairman of Citigroup and the chairman and CEO of Time Warner. He had also been the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the interim chairman of the board for CBS .
Richard Parsons was born April 4, 1948, in Brooklyn, one of five children. He would attend the University of Hawaii and then move to Albany Law School, where he finished at the top of his class.