Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Parsons, Lois, Countess of Rosse
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Other form(s) of name
- Vesey, Lois, Viscountess de Vesci
- Lister-Kaye, Frances Lois
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Description area
Dates of existence
1882-
History
Daughter of Sir Cecil Lister-Kaye, 4th Baronet, and Beatrice Adeline Lister-Kaye, she married William, 5th Earl of Rosse in 1905, with whom she had three children, Michael, Bridget and Desmond. Following Lord Rosse's death from injuries sustained in the Great War, she subsequently married Major de Vesci of Abbeyleix. During the war years at Birr Castle she organised a prisoner of war parcel service, mainly for soldiers from the Irish Guards, her husband's regiment.
Places
Grange, Yorkshire
Birr Castle, Birr, Co Offaly
Abbeyleix, Co Laois
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Relationships area
Related entity
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse (1873-1918)
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
family
Type of relationship
Parsons, William, 5th Earl of Rosse is the spouse of Parsons, Lois, Countess of Rosse
Dates of relationship
1905-1918