Commissions of the peace for Lord Oxmantown
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King’s County and Co. Tipperary commissions of the peace for Lord Oxmantown, subsequently the 4th Earl.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Correspondence 4th Earl and Lord Mayo
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Letters to the 4th Earl from the Chief Secretary, Lord Mayo, and others about representative peerage elections, including that of the 4th Earl himself.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Applications/ recommendations for the post of head gardener at Birr
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Original bundle of applications/ recommendations for the post of head gardener at Birr (Andrew Hume being the successful applicant).
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Letters and papers, mostly of the 4th and 5th Earls and Dr Otto Boeddicker
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Letters and papers, mostly of the 4th and 5th Earls and Dr Otto Boeddicker, concerning Parsons family history and genealogy, including information about the Oxmantown/Phoenix Park property, sold by the elder branch of the Parsons family to the crown in 1672. Of particular interest is a paper entitled ‘How the Parsons, Earls of Rosse, got the Titles of Baron and Viscount of Oxmantown’.
Boeddicker, Dr Otto
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl concerning sewage disposal
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Original bundle of letters and papers of the 4th Earl about sewage disposal at Birr, by turbine and sundry other methods; the correspondents include Bindon B. Stoney [see K/24. Not in chronological order.]
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Deeds and copy deeds constituting a re-settlement of the Rosse estate by the 4th and 5th Earls
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Bundle of deeds and copy deeds constituting a re-settlement of the Rosse estate by the 4th and 5th Earls (1898), with sequel releases and appointments of new trustees of the settlement.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Papers of 4th and 5th Earls (ex astronomy)
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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
General political and patronage correspondence of the fourth and fifth earls
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Includes letters about Disestablishment, Poor Law reform, Orangeism, Conservative registration, Home Rule and the Irish Land question. Also includes letter from M. McCormack, CC, Kinnitty to Lord Rosse concerning agrarian dispute in Kinnitty parish between Francis Foley and Delaney at Newtown (3 March 1911).
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Letters and papers concerning the 4th Earl’s patents for inventions and experiments
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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
Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range
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Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range, beside the 4th Earl’s property at Clonoghill, on the outskirts of Birr.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse