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     Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse was born on 28 September 1906. He was the son of William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse and Frances Lois Lister-Kaye. He married Anne Messel, daughter of Lt.-Col. Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel and Maud Frances Sambourne, on 19 September 1935. He died on 1 July 1979 at age 72.²
     He succeeded to the title of 6th Earl of Rosse [I., 1806] on 10 June 1918.

     William Clere Leonard Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse was born on 21 October 1936. He is the son of Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse and Anne Messel. He married Alison Margaret Cooke-Hurle, daughter of Major John Davey Cooke-Hurle, on 15 October 1966.
     He succeeded to the title of 7th Earl of Rosse [I., 1806] on 1 July 1979.

     Alexandra Evelyn Acland was born in 1970.¹ She is the daughter of John Barton Ormond Acland and Dorothy Rosemary Hobson.¹

     Joanna Quaife married Mark Arundell Acland, son of Sir Hugh John Dyke Acland and Katherine Wilde Ormond.¹
      Her married name became Acland.¹

     David Quaife Acland is the son of Mark Arundell Acland and Joanna Quaife.¹

     Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull Windsor Hill, 4th Marquess of Downshire was born on 6 August 1812. He was the son of Arthur Blundell Sandys Trumbull Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire and Lady Maria Windsor.^1,2 He married Hon. Caroline Frances Stapleton-Cotton, daughter of Field Marshal Stapleton Stapleton-Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere of Bhurtpore and Caroline Greville, on 23 August 1837.³ He died on 6 August 1868 at age 56.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for County Down between 1836 and 1845.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the South Downshire Militia.¹ He succeeded to the title of 5th Viscount Hillsborough, co. Down [I., 1717] on 12 April 1845.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Viscount Fairford, co. Gloucester [G.B., 1772] on 12 April 1845.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Harwich, Baron of Harwich, co. Essex [G.B., 1756] on 12 April 1845.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Marquess of Downshire [I., 1789] on 12 April 1845.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Hillsborough [G.B., 1772] on 12 April 1845.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Hillsborough, co. Down [I., 1751] on 12 April 1845.¹ He succeeded to the title of 4th Viscount Kilwarlin, co. Down [I., 1751] on 12 April 1845.¹ He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Hill of Kilwarlin, co. Down [I., 1717] on 12 April 1845.¹ He was invested as a Knight, Order of St. Patrick (K.P.) in 1859.¹

     Benjamin Napier Acland is the son of Mark Arundell Acland and Joanna Quaife.¹

     Hamish Ormond Acland is the son of Mark Arundell Acland and Joanna Quaife.¹

     Nicola Hornby Pavey is the daughter of John Pavey and Elisabeth Evelyn Dyke Acland.¹ She married Reverend Simon Henry Harper Acland, son of Sir Hugh John Dyke Acland and Katherine Wilde Ormond, in 1970.¹ She and Reverend Simon Henry Harper Acland were divorced in 1983.¹
      From 1970, her married name became Acland.¹

     Francis Oliver Dyke Acland was born on 8 November 1963.¹ He is the son of Oliver Geoffrey Dyke Acland and Judith Veronica Williams.¹