Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse

Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (28 September 1906 - 5 July 1979) was an Irish peer. He was the son of William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, whom he succeeded in 1918, and Frances Lois Lister-Kaye. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford

Lord Rosse was active in the National Trust, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin.

Marriage and children

Rosse married Anne Messel, daughter of Lt.-Col. Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel, on 19 September 1935. They had two children:

• Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (born 21 October 1936), married Alison Margaret Cooke-Hurle, daughter of Major John Davey Cooke-Hurle and had issue.
• Hon. Desmond Oliver Martin Parsons (23 December 1938–16 July 2010), married Aline Edwina Macdonald, daughter of George Alexander Macdonald and had issue.

Anne Messel, by her first marriage to Ronald Armstrong-Jones, was the mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, who in 1960 married The Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

References

• The Peerage.com