William Parsons, 5th Earl of Rosse

[1] Lord Oxmantown was commissioned into a militia battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1896 and promoted lieutenant shortly afterwards.

[2] He resigned his commission in 1908 on inheriting his peerage and served as Lord Lieutenant of King's County from 1908 to his death.

He returned to military service in the First World War, serving as a Major with the Irish Guards.

He was returned home to Birr Castle, County Offaly, where he died on 10 June 1918 at the age of 44.

They had three children: His widow remarried, to Ivo Richard Vesey, 5th Viscount de Vesci, on 15 May 1920.