Lawrence Parsons (British Army officer)

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]

Sir Lawrence Parsons
Birth nameLawrence Worthington Parsons
Born23 March 1850[1]
Parsonstown, King's County, Ireland
Died20 August 1923(1923-08-20) (aged 73)
Hatherton, Reigate, Surrey
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1870–1909
1914–1916
RankLieutenant-General
Commands held8th Division
6th Division
16th (Irish) Division
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

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
  1. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2468.
  2. "Obituary: Lieutenant-General Sir Lawrence Parsons". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 22 August 1923. p. 5.
  3. Irishmen or English soldiers?: the times and world of a southern Catholic By Thomas P. Dooley, p.191
  4. Sir Lawrence Parsons Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  5. Army Commands Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
Military offices
Preceded by
William Knox		 General Officer Commanding the 8th Division
1906–1907		 Succeeded by
Post Disbanded
Preceded by
Theodore Stephenson		 General Officer Commanding the 6th Division
1907–1909		 Succeeded by
Charles Metcalfe
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