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Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, Baron of Oxmantown, 9th Baronet of Birr Castle, was born 28 September 1906 to Lord William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, and Lady Francis Lois Lister-Kaye. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a member of the Railway Club. Laurence Parsons succeeded his father in 1918 as the 6th Earl of Rosse. On 19 September 1935, he married Lady Anne Messel, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel. Lady Anne Messel was previously married to Ronald Armstrong-Jones, and 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. The 6th Earl of Rosse died on 5 July 1979 and was succeeded by his son, Sir William Brendan Parsons.

Lord William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse, Baron of Oxmantown, 10th Baronet of Birr Castle, was born 21 October 1936 to Lord Laurence Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, and Anne Messel. Lord Brendan Parsons attended Eton College, Aiglon College, University of Grenoble, and Christ Church, Oxford. He served as an officer in the Irish Guards from 1955-57 and worked for the United Nations from 1963-80. On 15 October 1966 he married Alison Margaret Cooke-Hurle. He succeeded his father as the 7th Earl of Rosse in 1979. During hias first thirty years as earl, Lord and Lady Rosse facilitated research by A.P.W. Malcomson resulting in the production of a comprehensive Calendar of the Rosse Papers in 2008. Lord Rosse lives at the family home of Birr Castle, County Offaly, with the Countess of Rosse. They have three children: Lawrence Patrick Parsons, Lord Oxmantown (b.1969), Lady Alicia Parsons (b.1971), and the Honourable Michael Parsons (b.1981).

Lord Laurence Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, Viscount of Oxmantown, Baron of Oxmantown, was born 26 July 1742 to Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Baronet of Birr, and Lady Anne Harman. As a second son he did not inherit the baronetcy, which instead passed to his half-brother William, in 1749. He married Lady Jane, the eldest daughter of Lord Edward, 1st Earl of Kingston, and they had one daughter, Frances. On 25 September 1792 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron of Oxmantown, a title which would pass on to his nephew, William’s Son, Sir Laurence Parsons. On 6 October 1795 he was elevated to the peerage again, and given the Viscounty of Oxmantown. In February 1806, he was created the Earl of Rosse. On the 20th April 1807, Lord Laurence died without any sons, his viscounty expired, but the title of Earl of Rosse was passed on to Sir Laurence, 5th Baronet of Birr Castle.