Letters and papers concerning the 4th Earl’s patents for inventions and experiments
Part of The Rosse Papers
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
General political and patronage correspondence of the fourth and fifth earls
Part of The Rosse Papers
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
Formal invitations to the 4th and 5th Earls
Part of The Rosse Papers
Formal invitations to the 4th and 5th Earls – to civic functions in Belfast, and to Edward VII’s and George V’s coronations.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Family settlements and deeds of the 3rd Earl and of the 4th Earl
Part of The Rosse Papers
Small bundle of family settlements, the deeds of 1868 being a sequel to the 3rd Earl’s marriage settlement of 1836 [see E/39], the deeds of 1870 together constituting the settlement made on the marriage of the 4th Earl to the Hon. Frances Cassandra Hawke [see H/114].
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Diaries of the 4th Earl recording tours of England, United States, Jamaica, India
Part of The Rosse Papers
Diaries of the 4th Earl (including a largely empty diary for 1872 of [his wife, Cassandra]) recording a tour in England, 1871; tours in the United States, 1884 and 1891; a visit to Jamaica, 1891; and a tour of India, 1897-8: together with two of his passports, 1890 and 1897.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Deeds and copy deeds constituting a re-settlement of the Rosse estate by the 4th and 5th Earls
Part of The Rosse Papers
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
Correspondence of the 4th Earl with Sir H[enry] Hervey Bruce and others
Part of The Rosse Papers
Correspondence of the 4th Earl with Sir H[enry] Hervey Bruce and others about misrepresentations of the 4th Earl in evidence before the select committee on Irish industries.
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Correspondence of the 4th Earl
Part of The Rosse Papers
Correspondence of the 4th Earl about yachting, Cowes, etc. [See also J/25 and 0/8.]
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl concerning sewage disposal
Part of The Rosse Papers
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.]
Parsons, Laurence, 4th Earl of Rosse
Correspondence and maps concerning Lisheen military rifle range
Part of The Rosse Papers
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