Sir Laurence Parsons, 3rd Baronet (1708 – 24 October 1756) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

politician. Parsons was the son of William Parsons and Martha Pigott, and the grandson of

Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet Sir William Parsons, 2nd Baronet (8 June 1661 – 17 March 1741) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Parsons was the son of Sir Laurence Parsons, 1st Baronet and Frances Savage, and succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1698. He was the Member of Par ...

. His father predeceased his grandfather, and Parsons succeeded to his grandfather's

baronetcy A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

on 17 March 1741. Between 1741 and his death, Parsons sat in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

as the

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for King's County.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.114 (Retrieved 15 November 2022). He married, firstly, Mary Sprigge, daughter of William Sprigge, on 5 September 1730. He married, secondly, Anne Harman, daughter of Wentworth Harman and Frances Sheppard, on 16 February 1742. His son from his first marriage, William Parsons succeeded to his title in 1756, while a son from his second marriage, Laurence Parsons, was elevated to the peerage as

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. History The Parsons were originally an English family from Dishworth (Disewort ...

in 1806.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Parsons, Laurence, 3rd Baronet 1708 births 1756 deaths 18th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for King's County constituencies