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Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet of Birr Castle, was born on 6 May 1731 to Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Baronet of Birr Castle, and Lady Mary Sprigge. He succeeded his father as the 4th Baronet of Birr Castle in 1749. In 1764 He became the head of the Parsons family upon the death of Richard Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse (of the first creation). Sir William Parsons die on 1 May 1791, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Sir Laurence Parsons.

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.

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 Laurence Parsons, 1st Baronet of Birr Castle, was the eldest son of William Parsons Esquire of Birr. He was created baronet on 15 December 1677. Sir Laurence married Lady Frances Savage of Rheban, county Kildare. He died in 1698 and was succeeded by his only son, Sir William Parsons.

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.