Person:Richard Parsons (15)

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Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse
b.1702
d.1741
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m. Dec 1685
  1. Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse1702 - 1741
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  • H.  Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse1702 - 1741
  • W.  Mary Powlett
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Name Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1702
Marriage to Mary Powlett
Death[1] 1741
Reference Number? Q7328287?


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Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1702–1741), Freemason and a founder-member of the Hell-Fire Club, 2nd Viscount Rosse of Bellamont co. Dublin, Baron Oxmantown, 3rd baronet.

An Irish peer, he was born at Twickenham, Middlesex, the son of Richard Parsons, 1st Viscount Rosse (c1657-1703) and Elizabeth Hamilton, niece of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough. He was advanced to the earldom of Rosse on 16 June 1718. His family had settled at New Ross co. Wexford at the beginning of the 17th century. The spelling Rosse distinguishes this Irish family from a Scottish title, Ross.

He married, 25 June 1714, Mary Paulet, granddaughter of the 1st Duke of Bolton and the marquis de Montpouillon. Their son was the 2nd and last Earl of Rosse (1716–1764) of that creation. They had no grandchildren. After her death on 15 August 1718 he married Frances Claxton who, as Parsons’ widow, married Viscount Jocelyn, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; she died in 1772.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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