Robert Mann Parsons ( 1829 - 1897 )

Birth: 29 September 1829 Death: Greenwich (20 May 1897) Career: Joined the Royal Engineers; served in Chatham (1847-1849), Woolwich (1849-1850) and Nova Scotia (1850-1854); served with the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (1854-1858); served in British Columbia (1858-1863); Captain (1862); Rejoined the Ordnance Survey (1866-1879); Major (1872); Lieutenant Colonel (1873); Colonel (1878); retired (1879) Memberships: FRAS Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/06/1870.