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An Irish peer, he was born at Twickenham, Middlesex, the son of Richard Parsons, 1st Viscount Rosse (c. 1657-1703) and Elizabeth Hamilton, niece of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough. His family had settled at New Ross, County Wexford at the beginning of the 17th century. The spelling Rosse distinguishes this Irish family from a Scottish ...
In 1735, he moved to Dublin, Ireland and became the confidant and companion of Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse and Lord Blayney. The three of them formed the Hellfire Club, Dublin. Worsdale also helped form the Hell Fire Club of Limerick. He began "writing" plays and acting in them in Dublin at this time, if not earlier.
Richard or Dick Parsons may refer to: Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse (1702–1741), Irish freemason and founder member of the Hell-Fire Club; Richard Parsons (convict) (fl. 1823–1824), Australian convict and explorer; Richard C. Parsons (1826–1899), U.S. Representative from Ohio; Richard Parsons (bishop) (1882–1948), English Anglican ...
The Irish Hell Fire Club was founded around 1737 by Richard Parsons, 1st Earl of Rosse, and James Worsdale. [22] Lord Rosse was probably the president of the club. [ 23 ] Evidence of the identities of other members comes from a painting by Worsdale entitled The Hell Fire Club, Dublin , now held by the National Gallery of Ireland , which shows ...
Parsons, a Republican, previously worked as a lawyer for Nelson Rockefeller, a former Republican governor of New York, and in Gerald Ford’s White House. Those early stints gave him grounding in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, died Thursday. He was 76. Parsons, who died at his Manhattan home, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2015 and cited “unanticipated complications” from the disease for cutting back on work a few ...
Richard Parsons was born April 4, 1948, in Brooklyn, one of five children. He would attend the University of Hawaii and then move to Albany Law School, where he finished at the top of his class.
With Parsons as CEO, Time Warner slashed its debt by roughly half as it ushered in a new era of sustainable growth. Richard Parsons, American media and finance troubleshooter, dies at 76 Skip to ...