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Journals containing astronomical observations, drawings of nebula, drafts for articles and speeches on astronomy, and other papers (excluding correspondence) of the 3rd and 4th Earls of Rosse on the subject of astronomy, [pre-1828-1908].

Correspondence and other papers of the 4th and 5th Earls of Rosse on subjects other than astronomy, including estate and other King’s County affairs, the 4th Earl’s contributions to public life as a representative peer, Chancellor of T.C.D., etc, etc.

Letters and papers, 1739-1995 (mainly 1876-1962), of the Lister Kaye family, of Denby Grange, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, one of whom, Frances Lois, second daughter of Sir Cecil Edmund Lister Kaye, 4th Baronet, married in 1905 the 5th Earl of Rosse.

Maps, plans and drawings, [c.1610], 1638, [c. 1690] and c. 1750-1790, mainly of a size which makes it physically convenient to form them into a separate section.

Twelve photograph albums, ranging in size from folio to small octavo, five bundles of loose photographs, and other material, c. 1870-c. 1945, all deriving from Mary Countess of Rosse, the 3rd to the 6th Earls of Rosse, the Hon. Geoffrey L. Parsons and the Lister Kaye family.

Artificial collection of letters and papers, 1856-2006, received or assembled by other members of the Parsons/Rosse family, concerning the Hon. Sir Charles Parsons, the inventor of the turbine engine, a younger brother of the 4th Earl of Rosse.

Letters and papers of the Linley and Sambourne families, the maternal ancestors of Anne (née Messel), Countess of Rosse, wife of the 6th Earl, `801, [1809?], 1826, and 1873-2005.

Letters and papers of the 6th Earl and Countess of Rosse, 1914-2002.

Letters and papers of the Hon. Desmond Parsons, younger brother of the 6th Earl of Rosse, 1920-38.