Lawrence Parsons (British Army officer)
Sir Lawrence Parsons | |
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| Birth name | Lawrence Worthington Parsons |
| Born | 23 March 1850[1] Parsonstown, King's County, Ireland |
| Died | 20 August 1923 (aged 73) Hatherton, Reigate, Surrey |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1870–1909 1914–1916 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | 8th Division 6th Division 16th (Irish) Division |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir Lawrence Worthington Parsons KCB (23 March 1850 – 20 August 1923) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 6th Division.[2]
Military career
[edit]Parsons was brought up in Parsonstown in King's County,[3] the only son of Lawrence Parsons.[2] He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 23 July 1870,[4][5] then promoted to captain on 16 September 1880, to major on 1 July 1886, and to lieutenant-colonel on 1 October 1896.[6]
He served in the Second Boer War and took part in the Battle of Colenso, the Battle of Spion Kop and the Relief of Ladysmith,[4] following which he was promoted to substantive colonel on 23 April 1900.[6]
After returning to the United Kingdom, he was in January 1901 appointed Colonel on the Staff Commanding Royal Artillery in the 2nd Army Corps on Salisbury Plain.[6] In early 1903, he was appointed Inspector General of Artillery in India.[7] He was then appointed General Officer Commanding 8th Division in Ireland in 1906[8] and General Officer Commanding 6th Division also in Ireland in 1907 before retiring in 1909.[4]
He was recalled as General Officer Commanding 16th (Irish) Division in September 1914 at the start of the First World War[9] and retired again in 1916.[4]
Family
[edit]In 1880, he married Florence Anna Graves, daughter of Dr. Robert Graves of Cloghan Castle, and had one daughter.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2468.
- ^ a b c "Obituary: Lieutenant-General Sir Lawrence Parsons". The Times. 22 August 1923. p. 5.
- ^ Irishmen or English soldiers?: the times and world of a southern Catholic By Thomas P. Dooley, p.191
- ^ a b c d "Sir Lawrence Parsons". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 23646". The London Gazette. 22 July 1870. p. 3479.
- ^ a b c Hart′s list, 1903
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36973. London. 9 January 1903. p. 5.
- ^ Army Commands Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 28930". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 October 1914. p. 8017.
External links
[edit]- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.
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