- IE BCA ROSSE/Q/393
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- [1910-1951]
Part of The Rosse Papers
‘S’ - principally Stokes Bros. & Pirn of Dublin (the Rosse accountants [see Q/269-70]), E. & G. Stapleton, solicitors, of Dublin (who write about the Barrett estate [see V/7]), etc, etc.
Part of The Rosse Papers
‘S’ - principally Stokes Bros. & Pirn of Dublin (the Rosse accountants [see Q/269-70]), E. & G. Stapleton, solicitors, of Dublin (who write about the Barrett estate [see V/7]), etc, etc.
Part of The Rosse Papers
Probate (1919) of the will (1918) of the 5th Earl, together with legal papers and costs in connection with the will and later accounts relating to the cost of repairing his memorial in St Brendan’s Church in Birr, and much later (2005-6) correspondence and accounts about having the memorial photographed in connection with the War Memorial Projects.
Postcards acknowledging receipt of parcels
Part of The Rosse Papers
Preprinted acknowledgment postcards sent by return by prisoners-of-war in German camps on receipt of relief parcels organised by the Birr Castle scheme. Personal details recorded include name, rank and internment camp.
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
Papers of 4th and 5th Earls (ex astronomy)
Part of The Rosse Papers
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
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
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
Papers about Birr Church of Ireland church and parish
Part of The Rosse Papers
Papers about Birr Church of Ireland church and parish, including historical compilations of the rev. Dr Samuel Hemphill, Rector of Birr, covering the period 1612-1903. The compilations consist of a small quarto notebook containing MS. Copies of 1642 depositions concerning the neighbourhood of Birr; another containing a history of Birr Church of Ireland church (taken from vestry books, parish registers, etc), 1760-1903); and two succession lists of Birr incumbents, 1612-1912. The sub-section also includes a series of printed annual reports on the parish and on the diocese of Killaloe and Kilfenora, 1900-10.
Hemphill, Samuel, Reverend
Letters and tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl relating to horticulture
Part of The Rosse Papers
Letters and tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl relating to seeds, shrubs, trees and planting, including 3 letters from Augustine Henry [botanist renowned for his flora-collecting explorations in central and western China], 1908-10. One of
Henry’s letters, dated 26 July 1909, is about [Chinese?] plant specimens at Birr; it has been photocopied by PRONI, T/3498/4.
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse
Tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl and Lady Rosse
Part of The Rosse Papers
Four envelopes of tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl, including a few to Lady Rosse, from London, Dublin and Birr tradesmen (primarily the first) for all manner of goods (among them a pendant brooch supplied by C. Faberge,
1910), but excluding accounts for major items connected with Birr Castle and gardens [for which see M/25 and 33 respectively], 1910-18; together with 7 volumes of Birr Castle house-keeping books kept by Lady Rosse/de Vesci and (in one case) her sister, Countess de la Feld, 1910-30. [See also T/30. Not in chronological order.]
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse