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Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet of Birr Castle was the eldest son of Sir Laurence Parsons, 1st Baronet of Birr Castle, and Lady Frances Savage. He succeeded his father as 2nd Baronet of Birr Castle in 1698. Sir William Parsons was first married to Lady Elizabeth Preston of Craigmiller, and they had one son, William, before she died in 1701. He then remarried to Lady Elizabeth St. George. On 17 March 1740, he died and was succeeded by his grandson, Sir Laurence Parsons.

Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet of Bellamont, was the only son of Sir Richard Parsons, and his first wife Lettice Loftus. He married Catherine, the eldest daughter of Lord Arthur, Viscount of Ranelagh. Sir William became the 2nd Baronet of Bellamont when his grandfather, Sir William Parsons, died in 1650. His son, Sir Richard Parsons, succeeded him as 3rd Baronet of Bellamont upon his death in 1658.

Lord Richard Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, was born around the year 1716 to Lord Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, 2nd Viscount Rosse, Baron of Oxmantown, and his wife Lady Mary Paulet. He succeeded his father in 1741 as the 2nd Earl of Rosse. Lord Richard Parsons died on 27 August 1764 with no children, ending the line of the Parsons of Bellamont. Representation of the family then fell to Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet of Birr Castle.

Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Baronet of Birr Castle, was the eldest son of Sir William Parsons and Lady Martha Pigott. He married his first wife, Lady Mary Sprigge in 1730. They had a single son the following year named William. Laurence Parsons succeeded his grandfather as 3rd Baronet of Birr Castle on 17 March 1740. He married again in 1742 to Lady Anne Harman, and had two more sons, Laurence in 1742, and Wentworth in 1746. Sir Laurence Parsons died in 1749 and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son by his first marriage, Sir William Parsons.

Old Abraham Fuller of Lehinch was the eldest son of Mary (Warren) and Abraham Fuller. He married Elizabeth Smyth of County Limerick on 9 Mar 1679. On the day of their marriage, he's quoted to have said he would have five sons and five daughters, and he did. Their names were: Abraham of Kimegad (1680-1739), Isaac [who went to America], Jacob of Waterstown, Joseph [who went to America], and Benjamin of Kilmucklan (b 1686), Elizabeth (b 1694), Hannah, Susana, Marry, and Sarah. Abraham Fuller of Lehinch accquired Woodfield Estate from John Gee, who resided at Gurteen Castle.

John George Dalkeith Lamb, second son of Francis William John Alexander Lamb (1874-1959) and Constance Charlotte Plunkett-Johnston (1876-1959), was born 19 August 1919 at Frascati, Blackrock, County Dublin. On 11 November 1946 he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with his Bachelors in Agricultural Science. On 16 January 1950 he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with his PhD in General Agriculture. Doctor Keith Lamb married Helen Margaret Tobias (1917-2011) on 10 May 1952, at Saint Michan's Church, Dublin. They had one son, Henry Francis Lamb. After the death of his brother Canon Adam Lamb on 19 June 1989, Helen and Keith Lamb moved to Woodfield House, Clara, County Offaly. Keith Lamb died in January 2011, and was buried 1 Feb 2011 at Saint Brigid's Church, Clara, County Offaly.

Cléonice Gemadine Gamble, daughter of Major George Francis Gamble (1837-1912) and Florence Johnston (1842-1921), was born c. 1884. On 30 January 1906 she married Major General Sir William James Norman Cooke-Collis. They had one daughter, Katherine Patricia Cooke-Collis on 10 Mar 1907. Cléonice Cooke-Collis died on 29 December 1967.

George Francis Gamble was born 21 June 1837. He married Florence Gamble. From 1854-72 he served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He left the Marines at the rank of Major, and went on to write several manuals on military commands and exercises. In 1884, his daughter, Cléonice Gamble was born. After his military career, Major George Francis Gamble worked as the registrar and secretary of Mount Jerome Cemetery for forty years. Major George Francis Gamble died 22 Feb 1912. One of his grandsons attended the funeral of George Bernard Shaw in 1950.

Alice Ann Kerr married William Lamb LLD in 1873. She had two children, the first died in infancy, and the second, Francis William John Alexander Lamb was born 8 June 1874.