- IE BCA ROSSE/M/21
- Bestanddeel
- 1893-1919
Part of The Rosse Papers
Seven bank books of Lord Oxmantown, [from 1908 the 5th] Earl of Rosse. [Not in chronological order.]
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse
Part of The Rosse Papers
Seven bank books of Lord Oxmantown, [from 1908 the 5th] Earl of Rosse. [Not in chronological order.]
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse
Letters and papers concerning the 4th Earl’s patents for inventions and experiments
Part of The Rosse Papers
Original bundle of letters and papers concerning the 4th Earl’s patents for a machine which he had invented for removing leaves and other matter from turbines, 1901-4; together with notes on his experiments with electro-plating, 1908. [Not in chronological order.]
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Papers about Birr Church of Ireland church and parish
Part of The Rosse Papers
Papers about Birr Church of Ireland church and parish, including historical compilations of the rev. Dr Samuel Hemphill, Rector of Birr, covering the period 1612-1903. The compilations consist of a small quarto notebook containing MS. Copies of 1642 depositions concerning the neighbourhood of Birr; another containing a history of Birr Church of Ireland church (taken from vestry books, parish registers, etc), 1760-1903); and two succession lists of Birr incumbents, 1612-1912. The sub-section also includes a series of printed annual reports on the parish and on the diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora, 1900-10.
Hemphill, Samuel, Reverend
Letters and tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl relating to horticulture
Part of The Rosse Papers
Letters and tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl relating to seeds, shrubs, trees and planting, including 3 letters from Augustine Henry [botanist renowned for his flora-collecting explorations in central and western China], 1908-10. One of
Henry’s letters, dated 26 July 1909, is about [Chinese?] plant specimens at Birr; it has been photocopied by PRONI, T/3498/4.
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse
Tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl and Lady Rosse
Part of The Rosse Papers
Four envelopes of tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl, including a few to Lady Rosse, from London, Dublin and Birr tradesmen (primarily the first) for all manner of goods (among them a pendant brooch supplied by C. Faberge,
1910), but excluding accounts for major items connected with Birr Castle and gardens [for which see M/25 and 33 respectively], 1910-18; together with 7 volumes of Birr Castle house-keeping books kept by Lady Rosse/de Vesci and (in one case) her sister, Countess de la Feld, 1910-30. [See also T/30. Not in chronological order.]
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse
Letters and papers of the 5th Earl concerning his shares
Part of The Rosse Papers
1912-14 Letters and papers of the 5th Earl concerning his shares in the San Sebastian Development Syndicate and the International Nitrogen and Power Company Ltd; part of the operations of the latter involved a process for cutting peat, and there are a
number of letters to the 5th Earl and [Sir Charles Parsons?] on this subject.
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse
Leases of Wexford estate granted by Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Bt, 2nd Earl of Rosse
Part of The Rosse Papers
Wexford estate leases granted by Sir Laurence Parsons, 5th Bt, 2nd Earl of Rosse. [In date order.]
Parsons, Laurence, 2nd Earl of Rosse
Leases of Wexford estate granted by the Hon. Laurence Parsons
Part of The Rosse Papers
Wexford. Estate leases granted by the Hon. Laurence Parsons, third son of the 2nd Earl, on whom the Wexford estate was settled [see 0/37].
Parsons, Hon. Laurence
Leases of Ballindown, barony of Eglish
Part of The Rosse Papers
Envelope of leases of Ballindown, barony of Eglish. [In date order.] The envelope also includes two documents relating to the transfer of parts of Ballindown from the Birr Estates Company to Erin Peat Products Ltd. [For this and other transactions relating to bogs on the estate, see also Q/326A.]
Leases of Ballykealy (and Ardgoga), barony of Eglish
Part of The Rosse Papers
Leases of Ballykealy (and Ardgoga), barony of Eglish. [For further leases of Ardgoga, either on its own or in conjunction with other townlands, see Q/25. In date order.]