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 Hatherton, Reigate, Surrey | (aged 73)
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Years of service | 1870–1909 1914–1916 |
Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Commands | 8th Division 6th Division 16th (Irish) Division |
Battles/wars | Second Boer War World War I |
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
Brought up in Parsonstown in King's County,[3] the only son of Lawrence Parsons.[2] He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1870.[4] 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] He was appointed Inspector General of Artillery in India in 1903, General Officer Commanding 8th Division in Southern Ireland in 1906[5] and General Officer Commanding 6th Division also in Southern Ireland in 1907 before retiring in 1909.[4] He was recalled as General Officer Commanding 16th (Irish) Division in 1914 at the start of World War I and retired again in 1916.[4]
Family
In 1880, he married Florence Anna Graves, daughter of Dr. Robert Graves of Cloghan Castle, and had one daughter.[2]
References
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2468.
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suggested) (help) - ^ a b c "Obituary: Lieutenant-General Sir Lawrence Parsons". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 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
- ^ Army Commands Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine