collection P14 - Birr Castle Workmen's Daybook

Zone d'identification

Cote

IE OCL P14

Titre

Birr Castle Workmen's Daybook

Date(s)

  • 1918-1919 (Production)

Niveau de description

collection

Étendue matérielle et support

1 item; c.30pp

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1906-1979)

Notice biographique

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.

Histoire archivistique

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Small bound notebook, ruled for tracking wages of casual labourers. Lists names of workmen, the number of days per week (out of six days) worked, rate of wages and amount earned. Also includes notes on pay increases or bonuses earned. Although there is no mention of the type of work, all employees are male.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

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Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

By appointment only. Contact Offaly Archives at [email protected]

Conditions governing reproduction

May be reproduced in accordance with provisions of the Copyright and Related Rights Act (2000). No reproduction online, in print or broadcast without the express permission of copyright holder.

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      Zone des sources complémentaires

      Existence and location of originals

      Offaly County Library

      Existence and location of copies

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      Mots-clés - Sujets

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      ISAD (G), 2nd Ed.

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      August 2019, Ciara O'Brien

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