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Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse (née Messel, previously Armstrong-Jones; 8 February 1902 – 3 July 1992), was an English socialite and one of the founders of The Victorian Society. She was the mother of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and Brendan Parsons, 7th Earl of Rosse .
Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford. Anne, Viscountess Maynard (also known as Anne Parsons, Nancy Parsons, Nancy Maynard, and Mrs Horton (c. 1735 – 1814/1815) was a British courtesan and political mistress. She was de facto first lady, entertaining guests for her lover, Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, the First Minister (Prime Minister).
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17 August 1764. Motto. PRO DEO ET REGE. ("For God and the King") Birr Castle, County Offaly, seat of the Earls of Rosse. The 3rd Earl of Rosse. Earl of Rosse is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland, both times for the Parsons family. "Rosse" refers to New Ross in County Wexford.
The society's foundation was proposed in November 1957 by Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse at her preserved Victorian home at 18 Stafford Terrace, Kensington (Linley Sambourne House), with the intention of countering the widely prevalent antipathy to 19th- and early 20th-century architecture.
William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse. William Edward Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse (14 June 1873 – 10 June 1918) was an Irish peer and British Army officer. He was known as Lord Oxmantown until 1908. Birr Castle, County Offaly.
Anne Caulfeild, Countess of Charlemont. Harriet Bury, Countess of Charleville. Agnes Campbell. Frances Burke, Countess of Clanricarde. Helen Burke, Countess Clanricarde. Maire Lynch. Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam. Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Catherine Fenton Boyle.
He was the brother-in-law of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, having married Snowdon's older sister, Susan Anne Armstrong-Jones, on 20 May 1950. [3] She was the daughter of barrister Ronald Armstrong-Jones and of Anne Parsons, Countess of Rosse. When she married Lord de Vesci, she converted to Catholicism. [3]