Sir William Parsons

(1745 c.-1817)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Parsons, William, Sir, 1746-1817 DNB: Parsons, Sir William (1745/6–1817), musician and composer LBT ID: WiParso1817 VIAF ID: 11877924 LOC ID: no93012009	B/BAP: 1745 DIED: 1817-07-19
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English composer; he was master of the king's music from 1786.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Parsons: Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 29 December 1814 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 4 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIX. 1814-1815