Background
Parsons was the son of Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet and Mary Clere.
Parsons was the son of Sir William Parsons, 4th Baronet and Mary Clere.
In the following co-option, he chose to sit for King"s County also in the British House of Commons, a seat he held until 1807.
Between 1782 and 1790, he represented Dublin University in the Irish House of Commons. In 1809 he became one of the Postmasters General of Ireland with Charles O"Neill, 1st Earl O"Neill with whom he attended the laying of the foundation-stone for the new General Post Office in Dublin on 12 August 1814 by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth. He later sat in the House of Lords as an Irish Representative Peer from 1809 until 1841 and served as Custos Rotulorum of King"s County from 1828 until his death.
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Parsons sat then as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for King"s County from 1791 until the Acting of Union in 1801.