Alfred Roy Parsons AO (24 May 1925 – 19 June 2010) was an Australian diplomat from 1947 to 1988.
He was the Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1987, only the second career diplomat to hold the position.
He was posted to Australian missions in Jakarta, Rangoon, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Berlin, the United Nations (New York City), and London.
His postings to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and London were as High Commissioner.
[citation needed] He died in Canberra in 2010, aged 85, survived by his wife, Jill, two sons and a daughter.