Ernest Geoffrey Parsons
Ernest Geoffrey Parsons, CVO, CBE was a British estate manager who became one of the Commissioners of the Crown Estates for Queen Elizabeth II and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for his services.
Parsons was born in Bristol as the eldest son of Ernest Parsons, a paint manufacturer, and Ellen Mary Hill. His younger brother Dick Parsons was a championship rifle marksman with the British Army. He was educated at Clifton College, then later at Cambridge University, where he studied estate management, and became a farmer in the Salisbury, Wiltshire area. He eventually became the liaison officer in the 1950s for the South Western Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, and for this he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1963 Birthday Honours. He was then appointed a Commissioner of the Crown Estates by Queen Elizabeth II, for which he was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1973 Birthday Honours. He died on 26 August 1991 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and is interred at Great Wishford Church, Wiltshire.
