Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (28 September 1906 - 5 July 1979) was an Irish peer

Peerage of Ireland

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. He was the son of William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse, whom he succeeded in 1918, and Frances Lois Lister-Kaye. He was educated at Eton College

Eton College

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 and Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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Lord Rosse was active in the National Trust

National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty

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, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin

University of Dublin

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Marriage and children

Rosse married Anne Messel, daughter of Lt.-Col.

Lieutenant-Colonel (UK)

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 Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel, on 19 September 1935. They had two children:

• Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse (born 21 October 1936), married Alison Margaret Cooke-Hurle, daughter of Major
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   John Davey Cooke-Hurle and had issue.
• Hon. Desmond Oliver Martin Parsons (23 December 1938–16 July 2010), married Aline Edwina Macdonald, daughter of George Alexander Macdonald and had issue.

Anne Messel, by her first marriage to Ronald Armstrong-Jones

Ronald Armstrong-Jones

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, was the mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon

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, who in 1960 married The Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

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, sister of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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