Earl of Rosse

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The Earl of Rosse is an Irish peerage title historically associated with the Parsons family, noted especially for holders who were prominent in science and public life.

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Label Occurrences
Earl of Rosse canonical 6

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish peer ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
associatedWith Birr Castle ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
familyName Parsons ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
hasAssociatedPerson Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Laurence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Lawrence Patrick Parsons, 8th Earl of Rosse ⓘ
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ⓘ
hasDemonym Irish peer ⓘ
hasHeirApparent Lawrence Patrick Parsons, Lord Oxmantown ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Laurence Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Lawrence Patrick Parsons, 8th Earl of Rosse ⓘ
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse ⓘ
knownFor construction of large reflecting telescopes ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity County Offaly ⓘ
King's County ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Irish House of Commons ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
namedAfter Rosse (Roscommon/Rosse area association) ⓘ
linked to: Roscommon GAA
nobleFamily Parsons family ⓘ
notableFor contributions to science ⓘ
public life ⓘ
notableWork Leviathan of Parsonstown ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
partOf Irish peerage system ⓘ
positionHeld Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Earl of Rosse ⓘ
Earl of Rosse ⓘ
President of the Royal Society ⓘ
residence Birr Castle ⓘ
Birr Castle ⓘ
Birr Castle ⓘ
Birr Castle ⓘ
seat Birr Castle ⓘ
subsidiaryTitle Baron Oxmantown ⓘ
Baronet Parsons of Birr Castle ⓘ
Viscount Oxmantown ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parsons family → notableTitleHeld → Earl of Rosse ⓘ
William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse → positionHeld → Earl of Rosse ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Rosse
Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse → positionHeld → Earl of Rosse ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Rosse
Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse → positionHeld → Earl of Rosse ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Rosse
Lawrence Patrick Parsons, 8th Earl of Rosse → positionHeld → Earl of Rosse ⓘ
subject linked to: Earl of Rosse