PARSONS, Sir William
(1746–1817)> MUSICIAN
PARSONS (Sir William). English musician, 1746. Chorister under Dr. Cooke, Westminster Abbey. S. in Italy, 1768. Master of King’s Music, 1786. Mus. Bac. and Mus. Doc. Oxon, 1790. Knighted, 1795. Magistrate of Middlesex. July 17, 1817.