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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Veronica Rosetta de Courcy Parsons 1923-2026

Veronica Rosetta de Courcy Parsons (nee Glover), died 11 March, 2026. She was 103.

She was born in Bermuda, 25 January, 1923, daughter of Major-General Sir Guy de Courcy Glover, CB, DSO, MC (1887-1967), descended from the Barons Kingsale, and his wife the former Vera Phoebe Salter (1891-1983); and married 16 April, 1945, (Arthur) Christopher Parsons (born 2 June, 1919), scion of the Earls of Rosse, 1st son of Arthur David Clere Parsons (1881-1955), and his wife the former Doris Cookson (1885-1970), scion of that landed gentry family, by whom she had a son, Sir John Christopher Parsons, KCVO (born 21 May, 1946), sometime Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse and Deputy Treasurer to HM Queen Elizabeth II, and two daughters, Rosemary Anne (born 12 May, 1948), and Daphne Phoebe (born 21 May, 1951).

Her husband died 24 October, 1999.

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