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Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
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Papers of 4th and 5th Earls (ex astronomy)

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.

Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse

Papers of the 4th and 5th Earls concerning Birr Castle

Letters, tradesmen’s accounts, inventories of plate, specifications, tender and other papers of the 4th and 5th Earls, all concerning the contents of Birr Castle or improvements and alterations to Birr Castle and demesne and
to houses and cottages owned by the estate – the installation of motors and turbines, plumbing, lighting, heating, redecorating, ‘hacking off’ plaster-work, etc. [Not in chronological order. For other inventories of plate, etc, see H/8 and T/83.]

Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse

Volumes of the 4th Earl containing miscellaneous material

Largely empty, quarto volume into which the 4th Earl has stuck ‘puzzles’ and other jokes, one of the jokes being a characteristically illegible letter to him from Lord Ashbourne [Lord Chancellor of Ireland], c.1886-1903; and largely empty folio volume, dated 1823, but containing [a child’s?] ms copy of parts of the Book of Survey and Distribution for Co. Galway, [c.1880s?]

Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse

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